#AEA62C#AEA62C

#AEA62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA62C
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -10.99, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 60.96, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0367 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5477, 36.4542, 7.7570)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA62C #2C34AE

analogous

#AE652C #AEA62C #75AE2C

triadic

#AEA62C #2CAEA6 #A62CAE

tetradic

#AEA62C #2CAE65 #2C34AE #AE2C75

square

#AEA62C #2CAE65 #2C34AE #AE2C75

split-complementary

#AEA62C #2C75AE #652CAE

monochromatic

#4C4913 #7D7720 #AEA62C #D0C847 #DDD778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AEA62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA62C

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA62C	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)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06f',
    500: '#aea62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea62c;
$custom-light: #cac06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA62C

secondary

#7176C5

accent

#4FE345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA62C

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

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