#AEA923#AEA923

#AEA923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.144 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA923
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -12.91, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 64.85, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0428 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.144 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9482, 37.4971, 7.1446)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA923 #2328AE

analogous

#AE6323 #AEA923 #6DAE23

triadic

#AEA923 #23AEA9 #A923AE

tetradic

#AEA923 #23AE63 #2328AE #AE236D

square

#AEA923 #23AE63 #2328AE #AE236D

split-complementary

#AEA923 #236DAE #6323AE

monochromatic

#48460F #7B7819 #AEA923 #D7D137 #E1DD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA923

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA923	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.144 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac26b',
    500: '#aea923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea923;
$custom-light: #cac26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71669,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA923

secondary

#6669C7

accent

#45E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA923

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

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