#AEA540#AEA540

#AEA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA540
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -9.37, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 52.72, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0299 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.122 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8373, 36.2803, 10.1752)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA540 #4049AE

analogous

#AE6E40 #AEA540 #80AE40

triadic

#AEA540 #40AEA5 #A540AE

tetradic

#AEA540 #40AE6E #4049AE #AE4080

square

#AEA540 #40AE6E #4049AE #AE4080

split-complementary

#AEA540 #4080AE #6E40AE

monochromatic

#55501F #817B30 #AEA540 #C6BE65 #D7D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AEA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA540

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA540	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf79',
    500: '#aea540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea540;
$custom-light: #c9bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA540

secondary

#888DC2

accent

#5DD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA540

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

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