#AEA438#AEA438

#AEA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA438
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -9.33, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 55.72, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0308 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.127 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.4461, 35.8363, 9.0013)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA438 #3842AE

analogous

#AE6938 #AEA438 #7DAE38

triadic

#AEA438 #38AEA4 #A438AE

tetradic

#AEA438 #38AE69 #3842AE #AE387D

square

#AEA438 #38AE69 #3842AE #AE387D

split-complementary

#AEA438 #387DAE #6938AE

monochromatic

#514D1A #807829 #AEA438 #CAC059 #D9D288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AEA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA438

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA438	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be75',
    500: '#aea438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea438;
$custom-light: #c9be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7071,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA438

secondary

#7F85C3

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA438

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

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