#AEA139#AEA139

#AEA139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA139
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -7.69, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 54.23, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.026 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9402, 34.7851, 8.9545)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA139 #3946AE

analogous

#AE6639 #AEA139 #81AE39

triadic

#AEA139 #39AEA1 #A139AE

tetradic

#AEA139 #39AE66 #3946AE #AE3981

square

#AEA139 #39AE66 #3946AE #AE3981

split-complementary

#AEA139 #3981AE #6639AE

monochromatic

#524C1B #80762A #AEA139 #C9BD5B #D8D089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#AEA139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA139

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA139	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc75',
    500: '#aea139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea139;
$custom-light: #c9bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70065,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA139

secondary

#8088C3

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA139

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

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