#AEAA37#AEAA37

#AEAA37 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	#AEAA37
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -12.52, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 58.36, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0399 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.134 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5211, 38.0250, 9.2402)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA37 #373BAE

analogous

#AE6E37 #AEAA37 #77AE37

triadic

#AEAA37 #37AEAA #AA37AE

tetradic

#AEAA37 #37AE6E #373BAE #AE3777

square

#AEAA37 #37AE6E #373BAE #AE3777

split-complementary

#AEAA37 #3777AE #6E37AE

monochromatic

#514F1A #7F7D28 #AEAA37 #CAC658 #D9D686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AEAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA37

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA37	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c375',
    500: '#aeaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa37;
$custom-light: #c9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA37

secondary

#7E80C3

accent

#51DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA37

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

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