#AEA037#AEA037

#AEA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA037
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -7.27, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 54.71, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.025 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7173, 34.4174, 8.6389)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA037 #3745AE

analogous

#AE6437 #AEA037 #81AE37

triadic

#AEA037 #37AEA0 #A037AE

tetradic

#AEA037 #37AE64 #3745AE #AE3781

square

#AEA037 #37AE64 #3745AE #AE3781

split-complementary

#AEA037 #3781AE #6437AE

monochromatic

#514A1A #7F7528 #AEA037 #CABD58 #D9CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AEA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA037

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA037	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)

#AF9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb74',
    500: '#aea037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea037;
$custom-light: #c9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69831,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA037

secondary

#7E86C3

accent

#5DDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA037

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

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