#AEA82C#AEA82C

#AEA82C 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	#AEA82C
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -12.03, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 61.66, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0396 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.139 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9141, 37.1869, 7.8791)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA82C #2C32AE

analogous

#AE672C #AEA82C #73AE2C

triadic

#AEA82C #2CAEA8 #A82CAE

tetradic

#AEA82C #2CAE67 #2C32AE #AE2C73

square

#AEA82C #2CAE67 #2C32AE #AE2C73

split-complementary

#AEA82C #2C73AE #672CAE

monochromatic

#4C4A13 #7D7920 #AEA82C #D0CA47 #DDD878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA82C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AEA82C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA82C

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA82C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA82C	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)

#B7A212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea82c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.139 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16f',
    500: '#aea82c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea82c;
$custom-light: #cac16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea82c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71499,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA82C

secondary

#7175C5

accent

#4CE345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA82C

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

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