#AEA82E#AEA82E

#AEA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA82E
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -11.94, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 60.97, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0392 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9526, 37.2023, 8.0819)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA82E #2E34AE

analogous

#AE682E #AEA82E #74AE2E

triadic

#AEA82E #2EAEA8 #A82EAE

tetradic

#AEA82E #2EAE68 #2E34AE #AE2E74

square

#AEA82E #2EAE68 #2E34AE #AE2E74

split-complementary

#AEA82E #2E74AE #682EAE

monochromatic

#4D4B14 #7E7921 #AEA82E #CFC94A #DCD77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AEA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA82E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA82E	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)

#B7A216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.138 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac170',
    500: '#aea82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea82e;
$custom-light: #cac170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71512,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA82E

secondary

#7477C4

accent

#4EE146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA82E

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

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