#AEA530#AEA530

#AEA530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.133 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA530
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -10.28, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 59.18, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0343 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.133 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4455, 36.1236, 8.1119)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA530 #3039AE

analogous

#AE6630 #AEA530 #78AE30

triadic

#AEA530 #30AEA5 #A530AE

tetradic

#AEA530 #30AE66 #3039AE #AE3078

square

#AEA530 #30AE66 #3039AE #AE3078

split-complementary

#AEA530 #3078AE #6630AE

monochromatic

#4E4A16 #7E7823 #AEA530 #CEC54D #DBD47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AEA530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA530

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA530	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.133 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf70',
    500: '#aea530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea530;
$custom-light: #cabf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70867,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA530

secondary

#767BC4

accent

#53E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA530

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

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