#AEA642#AEA642

#AEA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA642
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -9.76, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 52.23, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0308 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.121 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0763, 36.6656, 10.5407)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA642 #424AAE

analogous

#AE7042 #AEA642 #80AE42

triadic

#AEA642 #42AEA6 #A642AE

tetradic

#AEA642 #42AE70 #424AAE #AE4280

square

#AEA642 #42AE70 #424AAE #AE4280

split-complementary

#AEA642 #4280AE #7042AE

monochromatic

#555120 #827C31 #AEA642 #C6BF68 #D6D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#AEA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA642

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA642	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)

#B4A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c07b',
    500: '#aea642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea642;
$custom-light: #c9c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71238,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA642

secondary

#8A8EC2

accent

#5DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA642

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

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