#AEA62A#AEA62A

#AEA62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.138 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA62A
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -11.08, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 61.64, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0371 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.138 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5110, 36.4395, 7.5637)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA62A #2A32AE

analogous

#AE642A #AEA62A #74AE2A

triadic

#AEA62A #2AAEA6 #A62AAE

tetradic

#AEA62A #2AAE64 #2A32AE #AE2A74

square

#AEA62A #2AAE64 #2A32AE #AE2A74

split-complementary

#AEA62A #2A74AE #642AAE

monochromatic

#4B4812 #7D771E #AEA62A #D2C943 #DED775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AEA62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA62A

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA62A	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.138 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06e',
    500: '#aea62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea62a;
$custom-light: #cac06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA62A

secondary

#6F74C5

accent

#4DE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA62A

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

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