#AEA033#AEA033

#AEA033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA033
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -7.49, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 56.31, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0261 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6252, 34.3806, 8.1543)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA033 #3341AE

analogous

#AE6333 #AEA033 #7FAE33

triadic

#AEA033 #33AEA0 #A033AE

tetradic

#AEA033 #33AE63 #3341AE #AE337F

square

#AEA033 #33AE63 #3341AE #AE337F

split-complementary

#AEA033 #337FAE #6333AE

monochromatic

#4F4917 #7F7425 #AEA033 #CCBE52 #DAD081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AEA033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA033

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA033	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb72',
    500: '#aea033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea033;
$custom-light: #cabb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA033

secondary

#7982C3

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA033

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

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