#AEA038#AEA038

#AEA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA038
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -7.22, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 54.29, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0248 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.123 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7415, 34.4271, 8.7664)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA038 #3846AE

analogous

#AE6538 #AEA038 #81AE38

triadic

#AEA038 #38AEA0 #A038AE

tetradic

#AEA038 #38AE65 #3846AE #AE3881

square

#AEA038 #38AE65 #3846AE #AE3881

split-complementary

#AEA038 #3881AE #6538AE

monochromatic

#514B1A #807529 #AEA038 #CABC59 #D9CF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#AEA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA038

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA038	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb74',
    500: '#aea038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea038;
$custom-light: #c9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6984,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA038

secondary

#7F87C3

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA038

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

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