#AEA829#AEA829

#AEA829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA829
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -12.16, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 62.66, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0402 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8597, 37.1652, 7.5928)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA829 #292FAE

analogous

#AE6529 #AEA829 #72AE29

triadic

#AEA829 #29AEA8 #A829AE

tetradic

#AEA829 #29AE65 #292FAE #AE2972

square

#AEA829 #29AE65 #292FAE #AE2972

split-complementary

#AEA829 #2972AE #6529AE

monochromatic

#4B4812 #7C781D #AEA829 #D2CC42 #DED973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA829

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA829	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16d',
    500: '#aea829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea829;
$custom-light: #cac16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71481,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA829

secondary

#6D71C5

accent

#4AE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA829

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

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