#AEA035#AEA035

#AEA035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA035
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -7.39, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 55.52, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0256 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6703, 34.3986, 8.3915)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA035 #3543AE

analogous

#AE6435 #AEA035 #80AE35

triadic

#AEA035 #35AEA0 #A035AE

tetradic

#AEA035 #35AE64 #3543AE #AE3580

square

#AEA035 #35AE64 #3543AE #AE3580

split-complementary

#AEA035 #3580AE #6435AE

monochromatic

#504A18 #7F7527 #AEA035 #CBBE55 #DAD084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AEA035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA035

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA035	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)

#AF9B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb73',
    500: '#aea035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea035;
$custom-light: #c9bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA035

secondary

#7C84C3

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA035

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

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