#AEAA23#AEAA23

#AEAA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.145 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA23
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -13.42, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 65.19, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0443 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.145 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1350, 37.8706, 7.2068)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA23 #2327AE

analogous

#AE6423 #AEAA23 #6CAE23

triadic

#AEAA23 #23AEAA #AA23AE

tetradic

#AEAA23 #23AE64 #2327AE #AE236C

square

#AEAA23 #23AE64 #2327AE #AE236C

split-complementary

#AEAA23 #236CAE #6423AE

monochromatic

#48460F #7B7819 #AEAA23 #D7D237 #E1DE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AEAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA23

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA23	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.145 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36b',
    500: '#aeaa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa23;
$custom-light: #cac36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA23

secondary

#6669C7

accent

#43E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA23

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

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