#AEA525#AEA525

#AEA525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.140 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA525
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -10.75, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 62.91, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0366 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2460, 36.0438, 7.0612)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA525 #252EAE

analogous

#AE6125 #AEA525 #73AE25

triadic

#AEA525 #25AEA5 #A525AE

tetradic

#AEA525 #25AE61 #252EAE #AE2573

square

#AEA525 #25AE61 #252EAE #AE2573

split-complementary

#AEA525 #2573AE #6125AE

monochromatic

#494510 #7C751A #AEA525 #D5CB3B #E0D86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AEA525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA525

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA525	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6b',
    500: '#aea525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea525;
$custom-light: #cabf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70799,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA525

secondary

#686FC6

accent

#4BE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA525

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

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