#AEA637#AEA637

#AEA637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.130 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA637
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -10.44, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 56.86, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.034 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.13 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7826, 36.5481, 8.9940)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA637 #373FAE

analogous

#AE6A37 #AEA637 #7BAE37

triadic

#AEA637 #37AEA6 #A637AE

tetradic

#AEA637 #37AE6A #373FAE #AE377B

square

#AEA637 #37AE6A #373FAE #AE377B

split-complementary

#AEA637 #377BAE #6A37AE

monochromatic

#514D1A #7F7A28 #AEA637 #CAC358 #D9D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AEA637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA637

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA637	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.130 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c074',
    500: '#aea637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea637;
$custom-light: #c9c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA637

secondary

#7E83C3

accent

#56DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA637

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

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