#AEA63A#AEA63A

#AEA63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.128 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA63A
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -10.27, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 55.64, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0332 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.128 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8567, 36.5778, 9.3843)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA63A #3A42AE

analogous

#AE6C3A #AEA63A #7CAE3A

triadic

#AEA63A #3AAEA6 #A63AAE

tetradic

#AEA63A #3AAE6C #3A42AE #AE3A7C

square

#AEA63A #3AAE6C #3A42AE #AE3A7C

split-complementary

#AEA63A #3A7CAE #6C3AAE

monochromatic

#524E1B #807A2B #AEA63A #C9C15C #D8D38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AEA63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA63A

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA63A	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c076',
    500: '#aea63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea63a;
$custom-light: #c9c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA63A

secondary

#8186C2

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA63A

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

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