#AEA62B#AEA62B

#AEA62B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA62B
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -11.03, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 61.30, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0369 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5291, 36.4467, 7.6592)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA62B #2B33AE

analogous

#AE652B #AEA62B #74AE2B

triadic

#AEA62B #2BAEA6 #A62BAE

tetradic

#AEA62B #2BAE65 #2B33AE #AE2B74

square

#AEA62B #2BAE65 #2B33AE #AE2B74

split-complementary

#AEA62B #2B74AE #652BAE

monochromatic

#4C4813 #7D771F #AEA62B #D1C945 #DDD776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AEA62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA62B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA62B	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)

#B5A011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06e',
    500: '#aea62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea62b;
$custom-light: #cac06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71053,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA62B

secondary

#7075C5

accent

#4EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA62B

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

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