#AEA535#AEA535

#AEA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.130 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA535
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -10.03, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 57.28, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0331 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.13 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5546, 36.1672, 8.6863)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA535 #353EAE

analogous

#AE6935 #AEA535 #7BAE35

triadic

#AEA535 #35AEA5 #A535AE

tetradic

#AEA535 #35AE69 #353EAE #AE357B

square

#AEA535 #35AE69 #353EAE #AE357B

split-complementary

#AEA535 #357BAE #6935AE

monochromatic

#504C18 #7F7927 #AEA535 #CBC255 #DAD384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AEA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA535

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA535	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)

#B39F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.130 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf73',
    500: '#aea535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea535;
$custom-light: #c9bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA535

secondary

#7C81C3

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA535

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

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