#AEA536#AEA536

#AEA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA536
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -9.97, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 56.89, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0328 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5778, 36.1765, 8.8087)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA536 #363FAE

analogous

#AE6936 #AEA536 #7BAE36

triadic

#AEA536 #36AEA5 #A536AE

tetradic

#AEA536 #36AE69 #363FAE #AE367B

square

#AEA536 #36AE69 #363FAE #AE367B

split-complementary

#AEA536 #367BAE #6936AE

monochromatic

#514C19 #7F7928 #AEA536 #CBC256 #D9D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AEA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA536

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA536	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf74',
    500: '#aea536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea536;
$custom-light: #c9bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA536

secondary

#7D82C3

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA536

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

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