#AEA839#AEA839

#AEA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.130 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA839
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -11.37, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 56.81, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0364 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.13 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1979, 37.3005, 9.3738)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA839 #393FAE

analogous

#AE6D39 #AEA839 #79AE39

triadic

#AEA839 #39AEA8 #A839AE

tetradic

#AEA839 #39AE6D #393FAE #AE3979

square

#AEA839 #39AE6D #393FAE #AE3979

split-complementary

#AEA839 #3979AE #6D39AE

monochromatic

#524F1B #807B2A #AEA839 #C9C45B #D8D489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AEA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA839

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA839	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)

#B6A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.130 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c176',
    500: '#aea839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea839;
$custom-light: #c9c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71593,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA839

secondary

#8084C3

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA839

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

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