#AEA53E#AEA53E

#AEA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA53E
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -9.50, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 53.59, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0305 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.124 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7814, 36.2579, 9.8809)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA53E #3E47AE

analogous

#AE6D3E #AEA53E #7FAE3E

triadic

#AEA53E #3EAEA5 #A53EAE

tetradic

#AEA53E #3EAE6D #3E47AE #AE3E7F

square

#AEA53E #3EAE6D #3E47AE #AE3E7F

split-complementary

#AEA53E #3E7FAE #6D3EAE

monochromatic

#544F1E #817A2E #AEA53E #C7BF62 #D7D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AEA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA53E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA53E	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)

#B39F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf78',
    500: '#aea53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea53e;
$custom-light: #c9bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA53E

secondary

#868BC2

accent

#5CD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA53E

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

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