#AEA738#AEA738

#AEA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA738
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -10.91, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 56.83, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0352 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.13 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9893, 36.9228, 9.1824)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA738 #383FAE

analogous

#AE6C38 #AEA738 #7AAE38

triadic

#AEA738 #38AEA7 #A738AE

tetradic

#AEA738 #38AE6C #383FAE #AE387A

square

#AEA738 #38AE6C #383FAE #AE387A

split-complementary

#AEA738 #387AAE #6C38AE

monochromatic

#514E1A #807B29 #AEA738 #CAC359 #D9D488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AEA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA738

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA738	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c075',
    500: '#aea738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea738;
$custom-light: #c9c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71366,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA738

secondary

#7F83C3

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA738

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

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