#AEA335#AEA335

#AEA335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA335
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -8.97, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 56.56, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0301 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1966, 35.4513, 8.5670)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA335 #3540AE

analogous

#AE6635 #AEA335 #7DAE35

triadic

#AEA335 #35AEA3 #A335AE

tetradic

#AEA335 #35AE66 #3540AE #AE357D

square

#AEA335 #35AE66 #3540AE #AE357D

split-complementary

#AEA335 #357DAE #6635AE

monochromatic

#504B18 #7F7727 #AEA335 #CBC055 #DAD284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AEA335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA335

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA335	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd73',
    500: '#aea335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea335;
$custom-light: #c9bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70467,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA335

secondary

#7C82C3

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA335

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

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