#AEAA2E#AEAA2E

#AEAA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.139 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA2E
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -12.98, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 61.70, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0421 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.139 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3247, 37.9465, 8.2059)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA2E #2E32AE

analogous

#AE6A2E #AEAA2E #72AE2E

triadic

#AEAA2E #2EAEAA #AA2EAE

tetradic

#AEAA2E #2EAE6A #2E32AE #AE2E72

square

#AEAA2E #2EAE6A #2E32AE #AE2E72

split-complementary

#AEAA2E #2E72AE #6A2EAE

monochromatic

#4D4B14 #7E7B21 #AEAA2E #CFCB4A #DCD97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AEAA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA2E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA2E	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B8A315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.139 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac370',
    500: '#aeaa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa2e;
$custom-light: #cac370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA2E

secondary

#7476C4

accent

#4BE146

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA2E

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

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