#AEAA25#AEAA25

#AEAA25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA25
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -13.35, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 64.61, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0439 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1655, 37.8828, 7.3677)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA25 #2529AE

analogous

#AE6625 #AEAA25 #6EAE25

triadic

#AEAA25 #25AEAA #AA25AE

tetradic

#AEAA25 #25AE66 #2529AE #AE256E

square

#AEAA25 #25AE66 #2529AE #AE256E

split-complementary

#AEAA25 #256EAE #6625AE

monochromatic

#494710 #7C791A #AEAA25 #D5D13B #E0DD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEAA25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AEAA25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA25

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA25	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.144 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36c',
    500: '#aeaa25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa25;
$custom-light: #cac36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA25

secondary

#686BC6

accent

#45E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA25

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

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