#AEA62E#AEA62E

#AEA62E 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	#AEA62E
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -10.90, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 60.26, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0362 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5862, 36.4696, 7.9598)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA62E #2E36AE

analogous

#AE662E #AEA62E #76AE2E

triadic

#AEA62E #2EAEA6 #A62EAE

tetradic

#AEA62E #2EAE66 #2E36AE #AE2E76

square

#AEA62E #2EAE66 #2E36AE #AE2E76

split-complementary

#AEA62E #2E76AE #662EAE

monochromatic

#4D4A14 #7E7821 #AEA62E #CFC74A #DCD67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AEA62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA62E

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA62E	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)

#B5A017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac070',
    500: '#aea62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea62e;
$custom-light: #cac070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71072,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA62E

secondary

#7479C4

accent

#50E146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA62E

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

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