#AEAA3A#AEAA3A

#AEAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA3A
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -12.35, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 57.17, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0391 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.131 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5952, 38.0547, 9.6305)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA3A #3A3EAE

analogous

#AE703A #AEAA3A #78AE3A

triadic

#AEAA3A #3AAEAA #AA3AAE

tetradic

#AEAA3A #3AAE70 #3A3EAE #AE3A78

square

#AEAA3A #3AAE70 #3A3EAE #AE3A78

split-complementary

#AEAA3A #3A78AE #703AAE

monochromatic

#52501B #807D2B #AEAA3A #C9C55C #D8D58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AEAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA3A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA3A	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)

#B8A32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c376',
    500: '#aeaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa3a;
$custom-light: #c9c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72041,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA3A

secondary

#8184C2

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA3A

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

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