#AEA724#AEA724

#AEA724 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.142 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA724
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -11.83, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 63.88, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0397 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.142 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5941, 36.7647, 7.1008)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA724 #242BAE

analogous

#AE6224 #AEA724 #70AE24

triadic

#AEA724 #24AEA7 #A724AE

tetradic

#AEA724 #24AE62 #242BAE #AE2470

square

#AEA724 #24AE62 #242BAE #AE2470

split-complementary

#AEA724 #2470AE #6224AE

monochromatic

#49460F #7B761A #AEA724 #D6CE39 #E1DB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AEA724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA724

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA724	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)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.142 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06b',
    500: '#aea724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea724;
$custom-light: #cac06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA724

secondary

#676CC7

accent

#48E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA724

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

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