#AEAA32#AEAA32

#AEAA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA32
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -12.79, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 60.26, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0411 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.137 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4072, 37.9795, 8.6407)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA32 #3236AE

analogous

#AE6C32 #AEAA32 #74AE32

triadic

#AEAA32 #32AEAA #AA32AE

tetradic

#AEAA32 #32AE6C #3236AE #AE3274

square

#AEAA32 #32AE6C #3236AE #AE3274

split-complementary

#AEAA32 #3274AE #6C32AE

monochromatic

#4F4D17 #7E7C24 #AEAA32 #CDC950 #DAD880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AEAA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA32

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA32	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac372',
    500: '#aeaa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa32;
$custom-light: #cac372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA32

secondary

#787BC4

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA32

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

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