#AEA436#AEA436

#AEA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA436
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -9.45, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 56.53, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0313 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3981, 35.8172, 8.7488)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA436 #3640AE

analogous

#AE6836 #AEA436 #7CAE36

triadic

#AEA436 #36AEA4 #A436AE

tetradic

#AEA436 #36AE68 #3640AE #AE367C

square

#AEA436 #36AE68 #3640AE #AE367C

split-complementary

#AEA436 #367CAE #6836AE

monochromatic

#514C19 #7F7828 #AEA436 #CBC156 #D9D285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AEA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA436

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA436	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be74',
    500: '#aea436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea436;
$custom-light: #c9be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70693,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA436

secondary

#7D83C3

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA436

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

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