#AEA825#AEA825

#AEA825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA825
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -12.31, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 63.92, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.041 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7935, 37.1387, 7.2437)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA825 #252BAE

analogous

#AE6425 #AEA825 #70AE25

triadic

#AEA825 #25AEA8 #A825AE

tetradic

#AEA825 #25AE64 #252BAE #AE2570

square

#AEA825 #25AE64 #252BAE #AE2570

split-complementary

#AEA825 #2570AE #6425AE

monochromatic

#494710 #7C771A #AEA825 #D5CF3B #E0DB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA825

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA825	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac16c',
    500: '#aea825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea825;
$custom-light: #cac16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA825

secondary

#686CC6

accent

#47E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA825

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

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