#AEAA38#AEAA38

#AEAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.133 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA38
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -12.47, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 57.97, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0396 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.133 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5453, 38.0347, 9.3677)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA38 #383CAE

analogous

#AE6F38 #AEAA38 #77AE38

triadic

#AEAA38 #38AEAA #AA38AE

tetradic

#AEAA38 #38AE6F #383CAE #AE3877

square

#AEAA38 #38AE6F #383CAE #AE3877

split-complementary

#AEAA38 #3877AE #6F38AE

monochromatic

#51501A #807D29 #AEAA38 #CAC659 #D9D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AEAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA38

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA38	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.133 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c375',
    500: '#aeaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa38;
$custom-light: #c9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72025,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA38

secondary

#7F81C3

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA38

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

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