#AEA235#AEA235

#AEA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA235
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -8.45, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 56.21, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0286 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.127 103)
XYZ	xyz(31.0198, 35.0976, 8.5080)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA235 #3541AE

analogous

#AE6635 #AEA235 #7DAE35

triadic

#AEA235 #35AEA2 #A235AE

tetradic

#AEA235 #35AE66 #3541AE #AE357D

square

#AEA235 #35AE66 #3541AE #AE357D

split-complementary

#AEA235 #357DAE #6635AE

monochromatic

#504B18 #7F7627 #AEA235 #CBBF55 #DAD184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AEA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA235

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA235	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)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd73',
    500: '#aea235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea235;
$custom-light: #c9bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70249,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA235

secondary

#7C83C3

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA235

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

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