#AEA837#AEA837

#AEA837 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 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA837
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -11.48, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 57.61, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0369 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.132 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1490, 37.2809, 9.1161)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA837 #373DAE

analogous

#AE6D37 #AEA837 #78AE37

triadic

#AEA837 #37AEA8 #A837AE

tetradic

#AEA837 #37AE6D #373DAE #AE3778

square

#AEA837 #37AE6D #373DAE #AE3778

split-complementary

#AEA837 #3778AE #6D37AE

monochromatic

#514E1A #7F7B28 #AEA837 #CAC458 #D9D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AEA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA837

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA837	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c175',
    500: '#aea837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea837;
$custom-light: #c9c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71577,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA837

secondary

#7E81C3

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA837

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

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