#AEA036#AEA036

#AEA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA036
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -7.33, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 55.11, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0253 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6935, 34.4079, 8.5139)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA036 #3644AE

analogous

#AE6436 #AEA036 #80AE36

triadic

#AEA036 #36AEA0 #A036AE

tetradic

#AEA036 #36AE64 #3644AE #AE3680

square

#AEA036 #36AE64 #3644AE #AE3680

split-complementary

#AEA036 #3680AE #6436AE

monochromatic

#514A19 #7F7528 #AEA036 #CBBD56 #D9CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AEA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA036

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA036	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb73',
    500: '#aea036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea036;
$custom-light: #c9bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69823,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA036

secondary

#7D85C3

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA036

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

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