#AEA538#AEA538

#AEA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA538
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -9.86, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 56.09, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0322 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6257, 36.1956, 9.0612)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA538 #3841AE

analogous

#AE6A38 #AEA538 #7CAE38

triadic

#AEA538 #38AEA5 #A538AE

tetradic

#AEA538 #38AE6A #3841AE #AE387C

square

#AEA538 #38AE6A #3841AE #AE387C

split-complementary

#AEA538 #387CAE #6A38AE

monochromatic

#514D1A #807929 #AEA538 #CAC159 #D9D288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AEA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA538

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA538	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf75',
    500: '#aea538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea538;
$custom-light: #c9bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA538

secondary

#7F84C3

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA538

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

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