#AEA137#AEA137

#AEA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA137
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -7.81, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 55.05, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0265 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8913, 34.7655, 8.6969)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA137 #3744AE

analogous

#AE6537 #AEA137 #80AE37

triadic

#AEA137 #37AEA1 #A137AE

tetradic

#AEA137 #37AE65 #3744AE #AE3780

square

#AEA137 #37AE65 #3744AE #AE3780

split-complementary

#AEA137 #3780AE #6537AE

monochromatic

#514B1A #7F7628 #AEA137 #CABE58 #D9D086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AEA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA137

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA137	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc74',
    500: '#aea137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea137;
$custom-light: #c9bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA137

secondary

#7E86C3

accent

#5CDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA137

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

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