#AEAA3C#AEAA3C

#AEAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA3C
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -12.23, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 56.36, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0385 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.13 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6470, 38.0754, 9.9037)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA3C #3C40AE

analogous

#AE713C #AEAA3C #79AE3C

triadic

#AEAA3C #3CAEAA #AA3CAE

tetradic

#AEAA3C #3CAE71 #3C40AE #AE3C79

square

#AEAA3C #3CAE71 #3C40AE #AE3C79

split-complementary

#AEAA3C #3C79AE #713CAE

monochromatic

#53511D #807E2C #AEAA3C #C8C45F #D8D58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AEAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA3C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA3C	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)

#B8A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c378',
    500: '#aeaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa3c;
$custom-light: #c9c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72058,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA3C

secondary

#8386C2

accent

#54D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA3C

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

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