#AEA836#AEA836

#AEA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA836
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -11.54, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 58.00, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0372 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.132 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1253, 37.2714, 8.9912)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA836 #363CAE

analogous

#AE6C36 #AEA836 #78AE36

triadic

#AEA836 #36AEA8 #A836AE

tetradic

#AEA836 #36AE6C #363CAE #AE3678

square

#AEA836 #36AE6C #363CAE #AE3678

split-complementary

#AEA836 #3678AE #6C36AE

monochromatic

#514E19 #7F7B28 #AEA836 #CBC556 #D9D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AEA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA836

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA836	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)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c174',
    500: '#aea836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea836;
$custom-light: #c9c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA836

secondary

#7D80C3

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA836

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

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