#AEAA35#AEAA35

#AEAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.135 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA35
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -12.63, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 59.14, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0404 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.135 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4741, 38.0062, 8.9928)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA35 #3539AE

analogous

#AE6E35 #AEAA35 #75AE35

triadic

#AEAA35 #35AEAA #AA35AE

tetradic

#AEAA35 #35AE6E #3539AE #AE3575

square

#AEAA35 #35AE6E #3539AE #AE3575

split-complementary

#AEAA35 #3575AE #6E35AE

monochromatic

#504E18 #7F7C27 #AEAA35 #CBC755 #DAD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AEAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA35

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA35	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)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.135 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#aeaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa35;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72001,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA35

secondary

#7C7EC3

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA35

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

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