#AEA225#AEA225

#AEA225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.137 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA225
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -9.18, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 61.92, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0322 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.137 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7112, 34.9742, 6.8829)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA225 #2531AE

analogous

#AE5E25 #AEA225 #76AE25

triadic

#AEA225 #25AEA2 #A225AE

tetradic

#AEA225 #25AE5E #2531AE #AE2576

square

#AEA225 #25AE5E #2531AE #AE2576

split-complementary

#AEA225 #2576AE #5E25AE

monochromatic

#494410 #7C731A #AEA225 #D5C83B #E0D66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#AEA225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA225

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA225	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.137 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6b',
    500: '#aea225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea225;
$custom-light: #cabd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA225

secondary

#6871C6

accent

#4FE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA225

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

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