#AEA944#AEA944

#AEA944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA944
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -11.19, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 52.54, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0347 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.123 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6880, 37.7930, 11.0406)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA944 #4449AE

analogous

#AE7444 #AEA944 #7EAE44

triadic

#AEA944 #44AEA9 #A944AE

tetradic

#AEA944 #44AE74 #4449AE #AE447E

square

#AEA944 #44AE74 #4449AE #AE447E

split-complementary

#AEA944 #447EAE #7444AE

monochromatic

#565422 #827E33 #AEA944 #C5C16A #D6D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AEA944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA944

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA944	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c27c',
    500: '#aea944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea944;
$custom-light: #c9c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71914,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA944

secondary

#8C8EC2

accent

#5AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA944

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

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