#AEA238#AEA238

#AEA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA238
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -8.28, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 55.00, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0278 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.125 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0910, 35.1261, 8.8829)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA238 #3844AE

analogous

#AE6738 #AEA238 #7FAE38

triadic

#AEA238 #38AEA2 #A238AE

tetradic

#AEA238 #38AE67 #3844AE #AE387F

square

#AEA238 #38AE67 #3844AE #AE387F

split-complementary

#AEA238 #387FAE #6738AE

monochromatic

#514C1A #807729 #AEA238 #CABE59 #D9D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AEA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA238

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA238	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)

#B09D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd75',
    500: '#aea238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea238;
$custom-light: #c9bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70274,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA238

secondary

#7F86C3

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA238

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

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