#AEA844#AEA844

#AEA844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA844
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -10.67, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 52.14, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0332 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.122 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5027, 37.4224, 10.9788)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA844 #444AAE

analogous

#AE7344 #AEA844 #7FAE44

triadic

#AEA844 #44AEA8 #A844AE

tetradic

#AEA844 #44AE73 #444AAE #AE447F

square

#AEA844 #44AE73 #444AAE #AE447F

split-complementary

#AEA844 #447FAE #7344AE

monochromatic

#565322 #827E33 #AEA844 #C5C06A #D6D296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AEA844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA844

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA844	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)

#B5A239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c17c',
    500: '#aea844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea844;
$custom-light: #c9c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA844

secondary

#8C8FC2

accent

#5BD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA844

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

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