#AEA93E#AEA93E

#AEA93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA93E
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -11.59, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 55.13, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0365 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.127 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5142, 37.7235, 10.1251)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA93E #3E43AE

analogous

#AE713E #AEA93E #7BAE3E

triadic

#AEA93E #3EAEA9 #A93EAE

tetradic

#AEA93E #3EAE71 #3E43AE #AE3E7B

square

#AEA93E #3EAE71 #3E43AE #AE3E7B

split-complementary

#AEA93E #3E7BAE #713EAE

monochromatic

#54511E #817D2E #AEA93E #C7C362 #D7D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA93E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA93E	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)

#B7A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c279',
    500: '#aea93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea93e;
$custom-light: #c9c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71856,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA93E

secondary

#8688C2

accent

#57D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA93E

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

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