#AEAA3B#AEAA3B

#AEAA3B 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	#AEAA3B
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -12.29, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 56.77, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0388 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.131 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6209, 38.0649, 9.7658)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA3B #3B3FAE

analogous

#AE703B #AEAA3B #78AE3B

triadic

#AEAA3B #3BAEAA #AA3BAE

tetradic

#AEAA3B #3BAE70 #3B3FAE #AE3B78

square

#AEAA3B #3BAE70 #3B3FAE #AE3B78

split-complementary

#AEAA3B #3B78AE #703BAE

monochromatic

#53511C #807D2C #AEAA3B #C8C55E #D8D58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AEAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA3B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA3B	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)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c377',
    500: '#aeaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa3b;
$custom-light: #c9c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7205,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA3B

secondary

#8285C2

accent

#54D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA3B

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

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