#AEA838#AEA838

#AEA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA838
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -11.43, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 57.21, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0367 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.131 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1732, 37.2906, 9.2437)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA838 #383EAE

analogous

#AE6D38 #AEA838 #79AE38

triadic

#AEA838 #38AEA8 #A838AE

tetradic

#AEA838 #38AE6D #383EAE #AE3879

square

#AEA838 #38AE6D #383EAE #AE3879

split-complementary

#AEA838 #3879AE #6D38AE

monochromatic

#514F1A #807B29 #AEA838 #CAC459 #D9D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AEA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA838

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA838	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c175',
    500: '#aea838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea838;
$custom-light: #c9c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71585,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA838

secondary

#7F83C3

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA838

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

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