#AEA940#AEA940

#AEA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA940
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -11.46, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 54.28, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0359 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.126 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5701, 37.7458, 10.4195)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA940 #4045AE

analogous

#AE7240 #AEA940 #7CAE40

triadic

#AEA940 #40AEA9 #A940AE

tetradic

#AEA940 #40AE72 #4045AE #AE407C

square

#AEA940 #40AE72 #4045AE #AE407C

split-complementary

#AEA940 #407CAE #7240AE

monochromatic

#55521F #817E30 #AEA940 #C6C265 #D7D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AEA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA940

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA940	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c27a',
    500: '#aea940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea940;
$custom-light: #c9c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA940

secondary

#888AC2

accent

#58D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA940

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

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