#AEA937#AEA937

#AEA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.133 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA937
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -12.00, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 57.98, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0384 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.133 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3343, 37.6515, 9.1779)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA937 #373CAE

analogous

#AE6E37 #AEA937 #78AE37

triadic

#AEA937 #37AEA9 #A937AE

tetradic

#AEA937 #37AE6E #373CAE #AE3778

square

#AEA937 #37AE6E #373CAE #AE3778

split-complementary

#AEA937 #3778AE #6E37AE

monochromatic

#514F1A #7F7C28 #AEA937 #CAC558 #D9D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AEA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA937

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA937	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)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.133 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c275',
    500: '#aea937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea937;
$custom-light: #c9c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA937

secondary

#7E81C3

accent

#52DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA937

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

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