#AEA835#AEA835

#AEA835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA835
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -11.59, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 58.39, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0375 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1020, 37.2621, 8.8688)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA835 #353BAE

analogous

#AE6C35 #AEA835 #78AE35

triadic

#AEA835 #35AEA8 #A835AE

tetradic

#AEA835 #35AE6C #353BAE #AE3578

square

#AEA835 #35AE6C #353BAE #AE3578

split-complementary

#AEA835 #3578AE #6C35AE

monochromatic

#504D18 #7F7B27 #AEA835 #CBC555 #DAD584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AEA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA835

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA835	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c173',
    500: '#aea835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea835;
$custom-light: #c9c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71561,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA835

secondary

#7C7FC3

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA835

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

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