#AEA233#AEA233

#AEA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA233
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -8.55, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 57.00, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0291 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.129 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9747, 35.0796, 8.2708)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA233 #333FAE

analogous

#AE6533 #AEA233 #7DAE33

triadic

#AEA233 #33AEA2 #A233AE

tetradic

#AEA233 #33AE65 #333FAE #AE337D

square

#AEA233 #33AE65 #333FAE #AE337D

split-complementary

#AEA233 #337DAE #6533AE

monochromatic

#4F4A17 #7F7625 #AEA233 #CCC052 #DAD181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AEA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA233

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA233	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd72',
    500: '#aea233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea233;
$custom-light: #cabd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70234,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA233

secondary

#7981C3

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA233

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

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