#AEA72E#AEA72E

#AEA72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA72E
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -11.42, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 60.61, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0377 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(31.7687, 36.8345, 8.0206)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA72E #2E35AE

analogous

#AE672E #AEA72E #75AE2E

triadic

#AEA72E #2EAEA7 #A72EAE

tetradic

#AEA72E #2EAE67 #2E35AE #AE2E75

square

#AEA72E #2EAE67 #2E35AE #AE2E75

split-complementary

#AEA72E #2E75AE #672EAE

monochromatic

#4D4A14 #7E7921 #AEA72E #CFC84A #DCD77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AEA72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA72E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA72E	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac070',
    500: '#aea72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea72e;
$custom-light: #cac070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.36833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA72E

secondary

#7478C4

accent

#4FE146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA72E

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

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