#AEA541#AEA541

#AEA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA541
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -9.30, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 52.29, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0296 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8660, 36.2917, 10.3265)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA541 #414AAE

analogous

#AE6F41 #AEA541 #81AE41

triadic

#AEA541 #41AEA5 #A541AE

tetradic

#AEA541 #41AE6F #414AAE #AE4181

square

#AEA541 #41AE6F #414AAE #AE4181

split-complementary

#AEA541 #4181AE #6F41AE

monochromatic

#555020 #817B30 #AEA541 #C6BE66 #D7D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AEA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA541

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA541	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf7a',
    500: '#aea541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea541;
$custom-light: #c9bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7101,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA541

secondary

#898EC2

accent

#5DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA541

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

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