#AEA93B#AEA93B

#AEA93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA93B
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -11.77, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 56.38, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0373 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.13 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4341, 37.6915, 9.7035)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA93B #3B40AE

analogous

#AE6F3B #AEA93B #79AE3B

triadic

#AEA93B #3BAEA9 #A93BAE

tetradic

#AEA93B #3BAE6F #3B40AE #AE3B79

square

#AEA93B #3BAE6F #3B40AE #AE3B79

split-complementary

#AEA93B #3B79AE #6F3BAE

monochromatic

#53501C #807D2C #AEA93B #C8C45E #D8D58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA93B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA93B	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)

#B7A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c277',
    500: '#aea93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea93b;
$custom-light: #c9c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7183,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA93B

secondary

#8285C2

accent

#55D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA93B

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

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