#AEA236#AEA236

#AEA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA236
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -8.39, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 55.81, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0283 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0430, 35.1069, 8.6304)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA236 #3642AE

analogous

#AE6636 #AEA236 #7EAE36

triadic

#AEA236 #36AEA2 #A236AE

tetradic

#AEA236 #36AE66 #3642AE #AE367E

square

#AEA236 #36AE66 #3642AE #AE367E

split-complementary

#AEA236 #367EAE #6636AE

monochromatic

#514B19 #7F7728 #AEA236 #CBBF56 #D9D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AEA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA236

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA236	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)

#B19D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd73',
    500: '#aea236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea236;
$custom-light: #c9bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70257,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA236

secondary

#7D84C3

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA236

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

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