#AEA53C#AEA53C

#AEA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA53C
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -9.62, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 54.44, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0311 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7275, 36.2364, 9.5971)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA53C #3C45AE

analogous

#AE6C3C #AEA53C #7EAE3C

triadic

#AEA53C #3CAEA5 #A53CAE

tetradic

#AEA53C #3CAE6C #3C45AE #AE3C7E

square

#AEA53C #3CAE6C #3C45AE #AE3C7E

split-complementary

#AEA53C #3C7EAE #6C3CAE

monochromatic

#534F1D #807A2C #AEA53C #C8C05F #D8D28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AEA53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA53C

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA53C	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf77',
    500: '#aea53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea53c;
$custom-light: #c9bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70963,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA53C

secondary

#8388C2

accent

#5AD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA53C

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

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