#AEA73D#AEA73D

#AEA73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA73D
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -10.61, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 54.78, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0338 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.126 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1178, 36.9741, 9.8589)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA73D #3D44AE

analogous

#AE6E3D #AEA73D #7CAE3D

triadic

#AEA73D #3DAEA7 #A73DAE

tetradic

#AEA73D #3DAE6E #3D44AE #AE3D7C

square

#AEA73D #3DAE6E #3D44AE #AE3D7C

split-complementary

#AEA73D #3D7CAE #6E3DAE

monochromatic

#53501D #817C2D #AEA73D #C8C161 #D7D38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AEA73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA73D

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA73D	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)

#B5A12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c078',
    500: '#aea73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea73d;
$custom-light: #c9c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71409,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA73D

secondary

#8588C2

accent

#59D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA73D

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

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