#AEAA39#AEAA39

#AEAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA39
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -12.41, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 57.57, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0394 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.132 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5700, 38.0446, 9.4978)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA39 #393DAE

analogous

#AE7039 #AEAA39 #77AE39

triadic

#AEAA39 #39AEAA #AA39AE

tetradic

#AEAA39 #39AE70 #393DAE #AE3977

square

#AEAA39 #39AE70 #393DAE #AE3977

split-complementary

#AEAA39 #3977AE #7039AE

monochromatic

#52501B #807D2A #AEAA39 #C9C55B #D8D689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AEAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA39

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA39	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)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c376',
    500: '#aeaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa39;
$custom-light: #c9c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72033,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA39

secondary

#8082C3

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA39

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

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