#AEA136#AEA136

#AEA136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA136
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -7.86, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 55.46, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0268 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8676, 34.7560, 8.5720)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA136 #3643AE

analogous

#AE6536 #AEA136 #7FAE36

triadic

#AEA136 #36AEA1 #A136AE

tetradic

#AEA136 #36AE65 #3643AE #AE367F

square

#AEA136 #36AE65 #3643AE #AE367F

split-complementary

#AEA136 #367FAE #6536AE

monochromatic

#514B19 #7F7628 #AEA136 #CBBE56 #D9D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AEA136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA136

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA136	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc73',
    500: '#aea136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea136;
$custom-light: #c9bc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA136

secondary

#7D84C3

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA136

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

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