#AEA73E#AEA73E

#AEA73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA73E
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -10.54, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 54.35, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0335 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.125 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1449, 36.9850, 10.0021)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA73E #3E45AE

analogous

#AE6F3E #AEA73E #7DAE3E

triadic

#AEA73E #3EAEA7 #A73EAE

tetradic

#AEA73E #3EAE6F #3E45AE #AE3E7D

square

#AEA73E #3EAE6F #3E45AE #AE3E7D

split-complementary

#AEA73E #3E7DAE #6F3EAE

monochromatic

#54501E #817C2E #AEA73E #C7C162 #D7D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AEA73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA73E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA73E	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c078',
    500: '#aea73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea73e;
$custom-light: #c9c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71418,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA73E

secondary

#8689C2

accent

#59D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA73E

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

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