#AEA737#AEA737

#AEA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.131 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA737
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -10.96, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 57.23, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0355 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.131 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9651, 36.9131, 9.0548)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA737 #373EAE

analogous

#AE6C37 #AEA737 #79AE37

triadic

#AEA737 #37AEA7 #A737AE

tetradic

#AEA737 #37AE6C #373EAE #AE3779

square

#AEA737 #37AE6C #373EAE #AE3779

split-complementary

#AEA737 #3779AE #6C37AE

monochromatic

#514E1A #7F7A28 #AEA737 #CAC358 #D9D486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AEA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA737

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA737	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c074',
    500: '#aea737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea737;
$custom-light: #c9c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA737

secondary

#7E82C3

accent

#55DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA737

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

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