#AEA337#AEA337

#AEA337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA337
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -8.86, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 55.76, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0295 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.127 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2436, 35.4701, 8.8144)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA337 #3742AE

analogous

#AE6837 #AEA337 #7DAE37

triadic

#AEA337 #37AEA3 #A337AE

tetradic

#AEA337 #37AE68 #3742AE #AE377D

square

#AEA337 #37AE68 #3742AE #AE377D

split-complementary

#AEA337 #377DAE #6837AE

monochromatic

#514C1A #7F7728 #AEA337 #CAC058 #D9D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AEA337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA337

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA337	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#B19E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be74',
    500: '#aea337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea337;
$custom-light: #c9be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA337

secondary

#7E84C3

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA337

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

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