#AEA939#AEA939

#AEA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA939
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -11.89, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 57.19, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0379 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3832, 37.6711, 9.4355)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA939 #393EAE

analogous

#AE6E39 #AEA939 #78AE39

triadic

#AEA939 #39AEA9 #A939AE

tetradic

#AEA939 #39AE6E #393EAE #AE3978

square

#AEA939 #39AE6E #393EAE #AE3978

split-complementary

#AEA939 #3978AE #6E39AE

monochromatic

#524F1B #807C2A #AEA939 #C9C55B #D8D589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AEA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA939

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA939	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)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c276',
    500: '#aea939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea939;
$custom-light: #c9c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA939

secondary

#8083C3

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA939

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

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