#AEA845#AEA845

#AEA845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA845
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -10.60, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 51.69, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0329 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.121 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5334, 37.4347, 11.1409)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA845 #454BAE

analogous

#AE7345 #AEA845 #80AE45

triadic

#AEA845 #45AEA8 #A845AE

tetradic

#AEA845 #45AE73 #454BAE #AE4580

square

#AEA845 #45AE73 #454BAE #AE4580

split-complementary

#AEA845 #4580AE #7345AE

monochromatic

#565322 #827E34 #AEA845 #C5BF6C #D6D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AEA845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA845

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA845	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c17d',
    500: '#aea845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea845;
$custom-light: #c9c17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71705,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA845

secondary

#8D90C2

accent

#5CD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA845

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

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