#AEA83C#AEA83C

#AEA83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA83C
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -11.19, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 55.58, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0356 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.128 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2750, 37.3313, 9.7796)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA83C #3C42AE

analogous

#AE6F3C #AEA83C #7BAE3C

triadic

#AEA83C #3CAEA8 #A83CAE

tetradic

#AEA83C #3CAE6F #3C42AE #AE3C7B

square

#AEA83C #3CAE6F #3C42AE #AE3C7B

split-complementary

#AEA83C #3C7BAE #6F3CAE

monochromatic

#53501D #807C2C #AEA83C #C8C25F #D8D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AEA83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA83C

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA83C	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c177',
    500: '#aea83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea83c;
$custom-light: #c9c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA83C

secondary

#8387C2

accent

#57D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA83C

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

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