#AEA840#AEA840

#AEA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA840
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -10.94, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 53.89, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0344 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.125 106)
XYZ	xyz(32.3847, 37.3752, 10.3577)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA840 #4046AE

analogous

#AE7140 #AEA840 #7DAE40

triadic

#AEA840 #40AEA8 #A840AE

tetradic

#AEA840 #40AE71 #4046AE #AE407D

square

#AEA840 #40AE71 #4046AE #AE407D

split-complementary

#AEA840 #407DAE #7140AE

monochromatic

#55521F #817D30 #AEA840 #C6C165 #D7D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AEA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA840

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA840	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)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c17a',
    500: '#aea840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea840;
$custom-light: #c9c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.37374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA840

secondary

#888BC2

accent

#59D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA840

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

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