#AEA841#AEA841

#AEA841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA841
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -10.87, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 53.46, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0341 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.124 106)
XYZ	xyz(32.4134, 37.3867, 10.5089)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA841 #4147AE

analogous

#AE7241 #AEA841 #7EAE41

triadic

#AEA841 #41AEA8 #A841AE

tetradic

#AEA841 #41AE72 #4147AE #AE417E

square

#AEA841 #41AE72 #4147AE #AE417E

split-complementary

#AEA841 #417EAE #7241AE

monochromatic

#555220 #817D30 #AEA841 #C6C166 #D7D393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AEA841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA841

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA841	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c17a',
    500: '#aea841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea841;
$custom-light: #c9c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.697,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.37386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA841

secondary

#898CC2

accent

#5AD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA841

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

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