#AEA83D#AEA83D

#AEA83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA83D
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -11.13, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 55.16, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0353 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.127 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3017, 37.3420, 9.9202)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA83D #3D43AE

analogous

#AE6F3D #AEA83D #7BAE3D

triadic

#AEA83D #3DAEA8 #A83DAE

tetradic

#AEA83D #3DAE6F #3D43AE #AE3D7B

square

#AEA83D #3DAE6F #3D43AE #AE3D7B

split-complementary

#AEA83D #3D7BAE #6F3DAE

monochromatic

#53501D #817C2D #AEA83D #C8C261 #D7D38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AEA83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA83D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA83D	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)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c178',
    500: '#aea83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea83d;
$custom-light: #c9c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71628,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA83D

secondary

#8588C2

accent

#57D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA83D

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

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