#AEA82A#AEA82A

#AEA82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.140 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA82A
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -12.12, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 62.34, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.04 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8774, 37.1723, 7.6858)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA82A #2A30AE

analogous

#AE662A #AEA82A #72AE2A

triadic

#AEA82A #2AAEA8 #A82AAE

tetradic

#AEA82A #2AAE66 #2A30AE #AE2A72

square

#AEA82A #2AAE66 #2A30AE #AE2A72

split-complementary

#AEA82A #2A72AE #662AAE

monochromatic

#4B4912 #7D781E #AEA82A #D2CB43 #DED975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA82A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA82A	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)

#B7A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16e',
    500: '#aea82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea82a;
$custom-light: #cac16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71486,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA82A

secondary

#6F73C5

accent

#4BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA82A

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

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