#AEA936#AEA936

#AEA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.133 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA936
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -12.06, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 58.37, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0387 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.133 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3106, 37.6420, 9.0530)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA936 #363BAE

analogous

#AE6D36 #AEA936 #77AE36

triadic

#AEA936 #36AEA9 #A936AE

tetradic

#AEA936 #36AE6D #363BAE #AE3677

square

#AEA936 #36AE6D #363BAE #AE3677

split-complementary

#AEA936 #3677AE #6D36AE

monochromatic

#514E19 #7F7C28 #AEA936 #CBC656 #D9D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AEA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA936

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA936	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)

#B7A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.133 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c274',
    500: '#aea936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea936;
$custom-light: #c9c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA936

secondary

#7D80C3

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA936

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

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