#AEAA30#AEAA30

#AEAA30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA30
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -12.89, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 60.99, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0416 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3650, 37.9626, 8.4184)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA30 #3034AE

analogous

#AE6B30 #AEAA30 #73AE30

triadic

#AEAA30 #30AEAA #AA30AE

tetradic

#AEAA30 #30AE6B #3034AE #AE3073

square

#AEAA30 #30AE6B #3034AE #AE3073

split-complementary

#AEAA30 #3073AE #6B30AE

monochromatic

#4E4C16 #7E7B23 #AEAA30 #CECA4D #DBD87D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AEAA30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA30

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA30	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)

#B8A31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac371',
    500: '#aeaa30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa30;
$custom-light: #cac371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71965,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA30

secondary

#7678C4

accent

#4DE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA30

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

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