#AEA63D#AEA63D

#AEA63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA63D
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -10.08, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 54.39, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0323 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.9353, 36.6092, 9.7980)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA63D #3D45AE

analogous

#AE6D3D #AEA63D #7DAE3D

triadic

#AEA63D #3DAEA6 #A63DAE

tetradic

#AEA63D #3DAE6D #3D45AE #AE3D7D

square

#AEA63D #3DAE6D #3D45AE #AE3D7D

split-complementary

#AEA63D #3D7DAE #6D3DAE

monochromatic

#53501D #817B2D #AEA63D #C8C061 #D7D28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AEA63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA63D

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA63D	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)

#B4A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c078',
    500: '#aea63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea63d;
$custom-light: #c9c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7119,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA63D

secondary

#8589C2

accent

#5AD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA63D

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

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