#AEAA40#AEAA40

#AEAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA40
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -11.98, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 54.68, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0374 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.127 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7568, 38.1193, 10.4818)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA40 #4044AE

analogous

#AE7340 #AEAA40 #7BAE40

triadic

#AEAA40 #40AEAA #AA40AE

tetradic

#AEAA40 #40AE73 #4044AE #AE407B

square

#AEAA40 #40AE73 #4044AE #AE407B

split-complementary

#AEAA40 #407BAE #7340AE

monochromatic

#55531F #817E30 #AEAA40 #C6C365 #D7D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA40

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA40	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)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37a',
    500: '#aeaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa40;
$custom-light: #c9c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72094,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA40

secondary

#888AC2

accent

#57D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA40

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

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