#AEA138#AEA138

#AEA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA138
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -7.75, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 54.64, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0263 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9155, 34.7752, 8.8244)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA138 #3845AE

analogous

#AE6638 #AEA138 #80AE38

triadic

#AEA138 #38AEA1 #A138AE

tetradic

#AEA138 #38AE66 #3845AE #AE3880

square

#AEA138 #38AE66 #3845AE #AE3880

split-complementary

#AEA138 #3880AE #6638AE

monochromatic

#514B1A #807629 #AEA138 #CABD59 #D9D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AEA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA138

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA138	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc74',
    500: '#aea138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea138;
$custom-light: #c9bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70057,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA138

secondary

#7F87C3

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA138

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

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