#AEAA33#AEAA33

#AEAA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA33
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -12.74, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 59.89, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0409 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4290, 37.9882, 8.7556)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA33 #3337AE

analogous

#AE6D33 #AEAA33 #75AE33

triadic

#AEAA33 #33AEAA #AA33AE

tetradic

#AEAA33 #33AE6D #3337AE #AE3375

square

#AEAA33 #33AE6D #3337AE #AE3375

split-complementary

#AEAA33 #3375AE #6D33AE

monochromatic

#4F4E17 #7F7C25 #AEAA33 #CCC852 #DAD781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AEAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA33

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA33	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)

#B8A31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c373',
    500: '#aeaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa33;
$custom-light: #c9c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71986,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA33

secondary

#797CC3

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA33

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

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