#AEAA41#AEAA41

#AEAA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA41
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -11.91, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 54.25, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0371 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.126 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7855, 38.1308, 10.6330)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA41 #4145AE

analogous

#AE7441 #AEAA41 #7CAE41

triadic

#AEAA41 #41AEAA #AA41AE

tetradic

#AEAA41 #41AE74 #4145AE #AE417C

square

#AEAA41 #41AE74 #4145AE #AE417C

split-complementary

#AEAA41 #417CAE #7441AE

monochromatic

#555320 #817E30 #AEAA41 #C6C266 #D7D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEAA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA41

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA41	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37a',
    500: '#aeaa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa41;
$custom-light: #c9c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72104,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA41

secondary

#898BC2

accent

#57D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA41

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

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