#AEA73B#AEA73B

#AEA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA73B
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -10.73, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 55.61, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0344 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.128 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0649, 36.9530, 9.5804)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA73B #3B42AE

analogous

#AE6D3B #AEA73B #7BAE3B

triadic

#AEA73B #3BAEA7 #A73BAE

tetradic

#AEA73B #3BAE6D #3B42AE #AE3B7B

square

#AEA73B #3BAE6D #3B42AE #AE3B7B

split-complementary

#AEA73B #3B7BAE #6D3BAE

monochromatic

#534F1C #807B2C #AEA73B #C8C25E #D8D38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AEA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA73B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA73B	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)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c077',
    500: '#aea73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea73b;
$custom-light: #c9c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71391,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA73B

secondary

#8286C2

accent

#57D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA73B

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

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