#AEA63C#AEA63C

#AEA63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA63C
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -10.15, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 54.81, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0326 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.126 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.9086, 36.5985, 9.6575)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA63C #3C44AE

analogous

#AE6D3C #AEA63C #7DAE3C

triadic

#AEA63C #3CAEA6 #A63CAE

tetradic

#AEA63C #3CAE6D #3C44AE #AE3C7D

square

#AEA63C #3CAE6D #3C44AE #AE3C7D

split-complementary

#AEA63C #3C7DAE #6D3CAE

monochromatic

#534F1D #807B2C #AEA63C #C8C15F #D8D28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AEA63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA63C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA63C	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#B4A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c077',
    500: '#aea63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea63c;
$custom-light: #c9c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71181,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA63C

secondary

#8388C2

accent

#59D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA63C

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

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