#AEAA2C#AEAA2C

#AEAA2C 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 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA2C
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -13.07, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 62.38, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0425 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.141 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2862, 37.9311, 8.0031)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA2C #2C30AE

analogous

#AE692C #AEAA2C #71AE2C

triadic

#AEAA2C #2CAEAA #AA2CAE

tetradic

#AEAA2C #2CAE69 #2C30AE #AE2C71

square

#AEAA2C #2CAE69 #2C30AE #AE2C71

split-complementary

#AEAA2C #2C71AE #692CAE

monochromatic

#4C4B13 #7D7A20 #AEAA2C #D0CC47 #DDDA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEAA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AEAA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA2C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA2C	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36f',
    500: '#aeaa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa2c;
$custom-light: #cac36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA2C

secondary

#7174C5

accent

#4AE345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA2C

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

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