#AEA437#AEA437

#AEA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA437
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -9.39, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 56.13, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.031 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.4219, 35.8266, 8.8738)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA437 #3741AE

analogous

#AE6937 #AEA437 #7DAE37

triadic

#AEA437 #37AEA4 #A437AE

tetradic

#AEA437 #37AE69 #3741AE #AE377D

square

#AEA437 #37AE69 #3741AE #AE377D

split-complementary

#AEA437 #377DAE #6937AE

monochromatic

#514C1A #7F7828 #AEA437 #CAC158 #D9D286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AEA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA437

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA437	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)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be74',
    500: '#aea437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea437;
$custom-light: #c9be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.35825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA437

secondary

#7E84C3

accent

#58DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA437

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

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