#AEAA29#AEAA29

#AEAA29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.142 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA29
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 41)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -13.20, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 63.37, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0431 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2318, 37.9093, 7.7168)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA29 #292DAE

analogous

#AE6729 #AEAA29 #70AE29

triadic

#AEAA29 #29AEAA #AA29AE

tetradic

#AEAA29 #29AE67 #292DAE #AE2970

square

#AEAA29 #29AE67 #292DAE #AE2970

split-complementary

#AEAA29 #2970AE #6729AE

monochromatic

#4B4912 #7C7A1D #AEAA29 #D2CE42 #DEDB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEAA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AEAA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA29

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA29	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)

#B9A308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36e',
    500: '#aeaa29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa29;
$custom-light: #cac36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71922,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA29

secondary

#6D70C5

accent

#48E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA29

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

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