#AEA73C#AEA73C

#AEA73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA73C
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -10.67, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 55.19, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0341 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.127 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0911, 36.9635, 9.7183)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA73C #3C43AE

analogous

#AE6E3C #AEA73C #7CAE3C

triadic

#AEA73C #3CAEA7 #A73CAE

tetradic

#AEA73C #3CAE6E #3C43AE #AE3C7C

square

#AEA73C #3CAE6E #3C43AE #AE3C7C

split-complementary

#AEA73C #3C7CAE #6E3CAE

monochromatic

#53501D #807B2C #AEA73C #C8C15F #D8D38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AEA73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA73C

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA73C	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)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c077',
    500: '#aea73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea73c;
$custom-light: #c9c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA73C

secondary

#8387C2

accent

#58D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA73C

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

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