#AEA62F#AEA62F

#AEA62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA62F
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -10.85, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 59.90, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.036 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6062, 36.4775, 8.0648)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA62F #2F37AE

analogous

#AE662F #AEA62F #77AE2F

triadic

#AEA62F #2FAEA6 #A62FAE

tetradic

#AEA62F #2FAE66 #2F37AE #AE2F77

square

#AEA62F #2FAE66 #2F37AE #AE2F77

split-complementary

#AEA62F #2F77AE #662FAE

monochromatic

#4E4A15 #7E7822 #AEA62F #CFC64C #DCD67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#AEA62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA62F

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA62F	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac070',
    500: '#aea62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea62f;
$custom-light: #cac070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA62F

secondary

#757AC4

accent

#51E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA62F

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

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