#AEA63E#AEA63E

#AEA63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA63E
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -10.02, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 53.97, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.032 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9625, 36.6201, 9.9412)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA63E #3E46AE

analogous

#AE6E3E #AEA63E #7EAE3E

triadic

#AEA63E #3EAEA6 #A63EAE

tetradic

#AEA63E #3EAE6E #3E46AE #AE3E7E

square

#AEA63E #3EAE6E #3E46AE #AE3E7E

split-complementary

#AEA63E #3E7EAE #6E3EAE

monochromatic

#54501E #817B2E #AEA63E #C7C062 #D7D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AEA63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA63E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA63E	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)

#B4A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c078',
    500: '#aea63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea63e;
$custom-light: #c9c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA63E

secondary

#868AC2

accent

#5AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA63E

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

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