#AEA73A#AEA73A

#AEA73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA73A
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -10.79, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 56.02, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0347 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.129 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0392, 36.9427, 9.4451)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA73A #3A41AE

analogous

#AE6D3A #AEA73A #7BAE3A

triadic

#AEA73A #3AAEA7 #A73AAE

tetradic

#AEA73A #3AAE6D #3A41AE #AE3A7B

square

#AEA73A #3AAE6D #3A41AE #AE3A7B

split-complementary

#AEA73A #3A7BAE #6D3AAE

monochromatic

#524F1B #807B2B #AEA73A #C9C25C #D8D38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AEA73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA73A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA73A	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c076',
    500: '#aea73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea73a;
$custom-light: #c9c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71382,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA73A

secondary

#8185C2

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA73A

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

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