#AEAA3E#AEAA3E

#AEAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.128 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA3E
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -12.11, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 55.53, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.038 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.128 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7009, 38.0970, 10.1874)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA3E #3E42AE

analogous

#AE723E #AEAA3E #7AAE3E

triadic

#AEAA3E #3EAEAA #AA3EAE

tetradic

#AEAA3E #3EAE72 #3E42AE #AE3E7A

square

#AEAA3E #3EAE72 #3E42AE #AE3E7A

split-complementary

#AEAA3E #3E7AAE #723EAE

monochromatic

#54521E #817E2E #AEAA3E #C7C362 #D7D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA3E

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA3E	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.128 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c379',
    500: '#aeaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa3e;
$custom-light: #c9c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA3E

secondary

#8688C2

accent

#56D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA3E

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

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