#AEA237#AEA237

#AEA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA237
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -8.33, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 55.41, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.028 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.126 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0668, 35.1164, 8.7554)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA237 #3743AE

analogous

#AE6737 #AEA237 #7EAE37

triadic

#AEA237 #37AEA2 #A237AE

tetradic

#AEA237 #37AE67 #3743AE #AE377E

square

#AEA237 #37AE67 #3743AE #AE377E

split-complementary

#AEA237 #377EAE #6737AE

monochromatic

#514B1A #7F7728 #AEA237 #CABF58 #D9D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AEA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA237

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA237	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd74',
    500: '#aea237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea237;
$custom-light: #c9bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA237

secondary

#7E85C3

accent

#5BDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA237

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

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