#AEA823#AEA823

#AEA823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA823
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -12.39, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 64.51, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0414 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.143 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7629, 37.1265, 7.0828)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA823 #2329AE

analogous

#AE6223 #AEA823 #6EAE23

triadic

#AEA823 #23AEA8 #A823AE

tetradic

#AEA823 #23AE62 #2329AE #AE236E

square

#AEA823 #23AE62 #2329AE #AE236E

split-complementary

#AEA823 #236EAE #6223AE

monochromatic

#48460F #7B7719 #AEA823 #D7D037 #E1DC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AEA823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA823

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA823	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16b',
    500: '#aea823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea823;
$custom-light: #cac16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71448,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA823

secondary

#666AC7

accent

#46E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA823

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

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