#AEA83E#AEA83E

#AEA83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA83E
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -11.07, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 54.74, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.035 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.126 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3288, 37.3528, 10.0634)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA83E #3E44AE

analogous

#AE703E #AEA83E #7CAE3E

triadic

#AEA83E #3EAEA8 #A83EAE

tetradic

#AEA83E #3EAE70 #3E44AE #AE3E7C

square

#AEA83E #3EAE70 #3E44AE #AE3E7C

split-complementary

#AEA83E #3E7CAE #703EAE

monochromatic

#54511E #817C2E #AEA83E #C7C262 #D7D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AEA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA83E

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA83E	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)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c179',
    500: '#aea83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea83e;
$custom-light: #c9c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71637,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA83E

secondary

#8689C2

accent

#58D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA83E

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

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