#AEA338#AEA338

#AEA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA338
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -8.81, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 55.36, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0293 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2678, 35.4798, 8.9419)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA338 #3843AE

analogous

#AE6838 #AEA338 #7EAE38

triadic

#AEA338 #38AEA3 #A338AE

tetradic

#AEA338 #38AE68 #3843AE #AE387E

square

#AEA338 #38AE68 #3843AE #AE387E

split-complementary

#AEA338 #387EAE #6838AE

monochromatic

#514C1A #807829 #AEA338 #CABF59 #D9D188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AEA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA338

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA338	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be75',
    500: '#aea338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea338;
$custom-light: #c9be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70492,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA338

secondary

#7F85C3

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA338

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

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