#AEA72B#AEA72B

#AEA72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA72B
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -11.56, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 61.65, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0383 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7116, 36.8117, 7.7200)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA72B #2B32AE

analogous

#AE662B #AEA72B #73AE2B

triadic

#AEA72B #2BAEA7 #A72BAE

tetradic

#AEA72B #2BAE66 #2B32AE #AE2B73

square

#AEA72B #2BAE66 #2B32AE #AE2B73

split-complementary

#AEA72B #2B73AE #662BAE

monochromatic

#4C4913 #7D781F #AEA72B #D1CA45 #DDD876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AEA72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA72B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA72B	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)

#B6A110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06e',
    500: '#aea72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea72b;
$custom-light: #cac06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71273,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA72B

secondary

#7074C5

accent

#4DE444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA72B

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

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