#AEA72A#AEA72A

#AEA72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.139 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA72A
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -11.60, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 61.99, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0386 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.139 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6935, 36.8045, 7.6245)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA72A #2A31AE

analogous

#AE652A #AEA72A #73AE2A

triadic

#AEA72A #2AAEA7 #A72AAE

tetradic

#AEA72A #2AAE65 #2A31AE #AE2A73

square

#AEA72A #2AAE65 #2A31AE #AE2A73

split-complementary

#AEA72A #2A73AE #652AAE

monochromatic

#4B4812 #7D781E #AEA72A #D2CA43 #DED875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AEA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA72A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA72A	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.139 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06e',
    500: '#aea72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea72a;
$custom-light: #cac06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71266,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA72A

secondary

#6F73C5

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA72A

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

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