#AEA52D#AEA52D

#AEA52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA52D
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -10.42, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 60.26, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.035 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.3857, 36.0996, 7.7968)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA52D #2D36AE

analogous

#AE642D #AEA52D #76AE2D

triadic

#AEA52D #2DAEA5 #A52DAE

tetradic

#AEA52D #2DAE64 #2D36AE #AE2D76

square

#AEA52D #2DAE64 #2D36AE #AE2D76

split-complementary

#AEA52D #2D76AE #642DAE

monochromatic

#4D4914 #7D7720 #AEA52D #D0C648 #DCD579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AEA52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA52D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA52D	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6f',
    500: '#aea52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea52d;
$custom-light: #cabf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70846,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA52D

secondary

#7278C4

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA52D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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