#AEA722#AEA722

#AEA722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.143 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA722
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -11.90, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 64.46, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0401 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5644, 36.7528, 6.9444)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA722 #2229AE

analogous

#AE6122 #AEA722 #6FAE22

triadic

#AEA722 #22AEA7 #A722AE

tetradic

#AEA722 #22AE61 #2229AE #AE226F

square

#AEA722 #22AE61 #2229AE #AE226F

split-complementary

#AEA722 #226FAE #6122AE

monochromatic

#48450E #7B7618 #AEA722 #D8D036 #E2DC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AEA722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA722

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA722	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06a',
    500: '#aea722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea722;
$custom-light: #cac06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71223,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA722

secondary

#6469C7

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA722

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

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