#AEA325#AEA325

#AEA325 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA325
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -9.70, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 62.25, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0337 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8881, 35.3279, 6.9419)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA325 #2530AE

analogous

#AE5E25 #AEA325 #75AE25

triadic

#AEA325 #25AEA3 #A325AE

tetradic

#AEA325 #25AE5E #2530AE #AE2575

square

#AEA325 #25AE5E #2530AE #AE2575

split-complementary

#AEA325 #2575AE #5E25AE

monochromatic

#494410 #7C741A #AEA325 #D5C93B #E0D76D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AEA325 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA325

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA325	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd6b',
    500: '#aea325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea325;
$custom-light: #cabd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70361,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA325

secondary

#6870C6

accent

#4DE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA325

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

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