#AEA62D#AEA62D

#AEA62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA62D
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -10.95, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 60.61, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0365 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5667, 36.4618, 7.8572)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA62D #2D35AE

analogous

#AE652D #AEA62D #75AE2D

triadic

#AEA62D #2DAEA6 #A62DAE

tetradic

#AEA62D #2DAE65 #2D35AE #AE2D75

square

#AEA62D #2DAE65 #2D35AE #AE2D75

split-complementary

#AEA62D #2D75AE #652DAE

monochromatic

#4D4914 #7D7820 #AEA62D #D0C748 #DCD679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AEA62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA62D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA62D	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)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06f',
    500: '#aea62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea62d;
$custom-light: #cac06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71066,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA62D

secondary

#7277C4

accent

#4FE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA62D

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

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