#AEA425#AEA425

#AEA425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.139 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA425
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -10.23, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 62.58, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0352 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.139 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0663, 35.6844, 7.0013)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA425 #252FAE

analogous

#AE6025 #AEA425 #74AE25

triadic

#AEA425 #25AEA4 #A425AE

tetradic

#AEA425 #25AE60 #252FAE #AE2574

square

#AEA425 #25AE60 #252FAE #AE2574

split-complementary

#AEA425 #2574AE #6025AE

monochromatic

#494510 #7C741A #AEA425 #D5CA3B #E0D86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AEA425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA425

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA425	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.139 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6b',
    500: '#aea425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea425;
$custom-light: #cabe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7058,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA425

secondary

#686FC6

accent

#4CE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA425

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

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