#AEA93D#AEA93D

#AEA93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA93D
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -11.65, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 55.55, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0368 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.128 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4870, 37.7126, 9.9819)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA93D #3D42AE

analogous

#AE703D #AEA93D #7AAE3D

triadic

#AEA93D #3DAEA9 #A93DAE

tetradic

#AEA93D #3DAE70 #3D42AE #AE3D7A

square

#AEA93D #3DAE70 #3D42AE #AE3D7A

split-complementary

#AEA93D #3D7AAE #703DAE

monochromatic

#53511D #817D2D #AEA93D #C8C361 #D7D48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA93D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA93D	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)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c278',
    500: '#aea93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea93d;
$custom-light: #c9c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA93D

secondary

#8587C2

accent

#56D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA93D

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

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