#AEA82B#AEA82B

#AEA82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.139 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA82B
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -12.08, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 62.00, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0398 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.139 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8955, 37.1795, 7.7813)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA82B #2B31AE

analogous

#AE672B #AEA82B #72AE2B

triadic

#AEA82B #2BAEA8 #A82BAE

tetradic

#AEA82B #2BAE67 #2B31AE #AE2B72

square

#AEA82B #2BAE67 #2B31AE #AE2B72

split-complementary

#AEA82B #2B72AE #672BAE

monochromatic

#4C4913 #7D791F #AEA82B #D1CB45 #DDD876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AEA82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA82B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA82B	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A10F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.139 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16e',
    500: '#aea82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea82b;
$custom-light: #cac16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71492,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA82B

secondary

#7074C5

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA82B

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

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