#AEA625#AEA625

#AEA625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA625
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -11.27, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 63.24, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0381 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4271, 36.4059, 7.1215)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA625 #252DAE

analogous

#AE6225 #AEA625 #72AE25

triadic

#AEA625 #25AEA6 #A625AE

tetradic

#AEA625 #25AE62 #252DAE #AE2572

square

#AEA625 #25AE62 #252DAE #AE2572

split-complementary

#AEA625 #2572AE #6225AE

monochromatic

#494610 #7C761A #AEA625 #D5CC3B #E0D96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AEA625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA625

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA625	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06b',
    500: '#aea625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea625;
$custom-light: #cac06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71018,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA625

secondary

#686EC6

accent

#4AE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA625

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

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