#AEA933#AEA933

#AEA933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.135 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA933
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -12.22, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 59.52, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0394 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.135 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2423, 37.6147, 8.6933)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA933 #3338AE

analogous

#AE6C33 #AEA933 #76AE33

triadic

#AEA933 #33AEA9 #A933AE

tetradic

#AEA933 #33AE6C #3338AE #AE3376

square

#AEA933 #33AE6C #3338AE #AE3376

split-complementary

#AEA933 #3376AE #6C33AE

monochromatic

#4F4D17 #7F7B25 #AEA933 #CCC752 #DAD781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AEA933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA933

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA933	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c272',
    500: '#aea933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea933;
$custom-light: #c9c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA933

secondary

#797CC3

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA933

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

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