#AEA533#AEA533

#AEA533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA533
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -10.13, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 58.06, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0336 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.132 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5095, 36.1492, 8.4490)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA533 #333CAE

analogous

#AE6833 #AEA533 #7AAE33

triadic

#AEA533 #33AEA5 #A533AE

tetradic

#AEA533 #33AE68 #333CAE #AE337A

square

#AEA533 #33AE68 #333CAE #AE337A

split-complementary

#AEA533 #337AAE #6833AE

monochromatic

#4F4B17 #7F7825 #AEA533 #CCC352 #DAD481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AEA533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA533

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA533	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf72',
    500: '#aea533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea533;
$custom-light: #cabf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70889,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA533

secondary

#797FC3

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA533

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

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