#AEA93C#AEA93C

#AEA93C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.129 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA93C
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -11.71, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 55.97, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0371 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.129 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4603, 37.7019, 9.8414)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA93C #3C41AE

analogous

#AE703C #AEA93C #7AAE3C

triadic

#AEA93C #3CAEA9 #A93CAE

tetradic

#AEA93C #3CAE70 #3C41AE #AE3C7A

square

#AEA93C #3CAE70 #3C41AE #AE3C7A

split-complementary

#AEA93C #3C7AAE #703CAE

monochromatic

#53511D #807D2C #AEA93C #C8C35F #D8D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA93C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA93C	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)

#B7A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.129 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c277',
    500: '#aea93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea93c;
$custom-light: #c9c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71838,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA93C

secondary

#8386C2

accent

#56D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA93C

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

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