#AEA039#AEA039

#AEA039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA039
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -7.16, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 53.88, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0245 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7662, 34.4370, 8.8965)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA039 #3947AE

analogous

#AE6639 #AEA039 #81AE39

triadic

#AEA039 #39AEA0 #A039AE

tetradic

#AEA039 #39AE66 #3947AE #AE3981

square

#AEA039 #39AE66 #3947AE #AE3981

split-complementary

#AEA039 #3981AE #6639AE

monochromatic

#524B1B #80762A #AEA039 #C9BC5B #D8CF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AEA039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#AEA039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA039

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA039	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)

#AF9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb75',
    500: '#aea039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea039;
$custom-light: #c9bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69849,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA039

secondary

#8088C3

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA039

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

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