#AEAA2B#AEAA2B

#AEAA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA2B
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -13.11, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 62.72, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0427 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.141 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2676, 37.9236, 7.9053)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA2B #2B2FAE

analogous

#AE692B #AEAA2B #70AE2B

triadic

#AEAA2B #2BAEAA #AA2BAE

tetradic

#AEAA2B #2BAE69 #2B2FAE #AE2B70

square

#AEAA2B #2BAE69 #2B2FAE #AE2B70

split-complementary

#AEAA2B #2B70AE #692BAE

monochromatic

#4C4A13 #7D7A1F #AEAA2B #D1CD45 #DDDA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEAA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AEAA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA2B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA2B	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)

#B9A30E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36f',
    500: '#aeaa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa2b;
$custom-light: #cac36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA2B

secondary

#7072C5

accent

#49E444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA2B

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

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