#AEA93A#AEA93A

#AEA93A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA93A
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -11.83, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 56.79, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0376 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4084, 37.6812, 9.5682)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA93A #3A3FAE

analogous

#AE6F3A #AEA93A #79AE3A

triadic

#AEA93A #3AAEA9 #A93AAE

tetradic

#AEA93A #3AAE6F #3A3FAE #AE3A79

square

#AEA93A #3AAE6F #3A3FAE #AE3A79

split-complementary

#AEA93A #3A79AE #6F3AAE

monochromatic

#52501B #807C2B #AEA93A #C9C45C #D8D58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA93A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA93A	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c276',
    500: '#aea93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea93a;
$custom-light: #c9c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA93A

secondary

#8184C2

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA93A

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

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