#AEAA42#AEAA42

#AEAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA42
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -11.85, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 53.82, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0368 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.125 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8147, 38.1425, 10.7869)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA42 #4246AE

analogous

#AE7442 #AEAA42 #7CAE42

triadic

#AEAA42 #42AEAA #AA42AE

tetradic

#AEAA42 #42AE74 #4246AE #AE427C

square

#AEAA42 #42AE74 #4246AE #AE427C

split-complementary

#AEAA42 #427CAE #7442AE

monochromatic

#555320 #827F31 #AEAA42 #C6C268 #D6D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA42

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA42	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)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37b',
    500: '#aeaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa42;
$custom-light: #c9c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA42

secondary

#8A8CC2

accent

#58D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA42

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

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