#AEA640#AEA640

#AEA640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA640
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -9.89, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 53.11, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0314 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.123 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0183, 36.6424, 10.2356)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA640 #4048AE

analogous

#AE6F40 #AEA640 #7FAE40

triadic

#AEA640 #40AEA6 #A640AE

tetradic

#AEA640 #40AE6F #4048AE #AE407F

square

#AEA640 #40AE6F #4048AE #AE407F

split-complementary

#AEA640 #407FAE #6F40AE

monochromatic

#55511F #817B30 #AEA640 #C6BF65 #D7D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#AEA640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA640

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA640	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c07a',
    500: '#aea640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea640;
$custom-light: #c9c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71218,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA640

secondary

#888CC2

accent

#5CD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA640

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

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