#AEA53A#AEA53A

#AEA53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA53A
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -9.74, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 55.27, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0317 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6756, 36.2156, 9.3240)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA53A #3A43AE

analogous

#AE6B3A #AEA53A #7DAE3A

triadic

#AEA53A #3AAEA5 #A53AAE

tetradic

#AEA53A #3AAE6B #3A43AE #AE3A7D

square

#AEA53A #3AAE6B #3A43AE #AE3A7D

split-complementary

#AEA53A #3A7DAE #6B3AAE

monochromatic

#524E1B #80792B #AEA53A #C9C05C #D8D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AEA53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA53A

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA53A	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf76',
    500: '#aea53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea53a;
$custom-light: #c9bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA53A

secondary

#8186C2

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA53A

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

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