#AEA336#AEA336

#AEA336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA336
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -8.92, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 56.17, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0298 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.128 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2199, 35.4606, 8.6894)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA336 #3641AE

analogous

#AE6736 #AEA336 #7DAE36

triadic

#AEA336 #36AEA3 #A336AE

tetradic

#AEA336 #36AE67 #3641AE #AE367D

square

#AEA336 #36AE67 #3641AE #AE367D

split-complementary

#AEA336 #367DAE #6736AE

monochromatic

#514B19 #7F7728 #AEA336 #CBC056 #D9D285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AEA336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA336

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA336	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)

#B19E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be74',
    500: '#aea336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea336;
$custom-light: #c9be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70475,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA336

secondary

#7D83C3

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA336

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

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