#AEA537#AEA537

#AEA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA537
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -9.92, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 56.49, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0325 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.129 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6015, 36.1860, 8.9337)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA537 #3740AE

analogous

#AE6937 #AEA537 #7CAE37

triadic

#AEA537 #37AEA5 #A537AE

tetradic

#AEA537 #37AE69 #3740AE #AE377C

square

#AEA537 #37AE69 #3740AE #AE377C

split-complementary

#AEA537 #377CAE #6937AE

monochromatic

#514D1A #7F7928 #AEA537 #CAC258 #D9D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AEA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA537

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA537	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)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf74',
    500: '#aea537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea537;
$custom-light: #c9bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7092,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA537

secondary

#7E83C3

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA537

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

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