#AEA935#AEA935

#AEA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.134 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA935
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -12.11, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 58.76, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0389 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.134 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2873, 37.6327, 8.9306)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA935 #353AAE

analogous

#AE6D35 #AEA935 #76AE35

triadic

#AEA935 #35AEA9 #A935AE

tetradic

#AEA935 #35AE6D #353AAE #AE3576

square

#AEA935 #35AE6D #353AAE #AE3576

split-complementary

#AEA935 #3576AE #6D35AE

monochromatic

#504E18 #7F7B27 #AEA935 #CBC655 #DAD684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AEA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA935

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA935	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.134 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c274',
    500: '#aea935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea935;
$custom-light: #c9c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71781,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA935

secondary

#7C7FC3

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA935

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

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