#AEAA36#AEAA36

#AEAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.134 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA36
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -12.58, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 58.75, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0401 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.134 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4973, 38.0155, 9.1152)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA36 #363AAE

analogous

#AE6E36 #AEAA36 #76AE36

triadic

#AEAA36 #36AEAA #AA36AE

tetradic

#AEAA36 #36AE6E #363AAE #AE3676

square

#AEAA36 #36AE6E #363AAE #AE3676

split-complementary

#AEAA36 #3676AE #6E36AE

monochromatic

#514F19 #7F7C28 #AEAA36 #CBC756 #D9D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AEAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA36

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA36	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)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#aeaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa36;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA36

secondary

#7D7FC3

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA36

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

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