#AEAA44#AEAA44

#AEAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA44
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -11.71, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 52.95, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0362 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.124 107)
XYZ	xyz(32.8747, 38.1665, 11.1029)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA44 #4448AE

analogous

#AE7544 #AEAA44 #7DAE44

triadic

#AEAA44 #44AEAA #AA44AE

tetradic

#AEAA44 #44AE75 #4448AE #AE447D

square

#AEAA44 #44AE75 #4448AE #AE447D

split-complementary

#AEAA44 #447DAE #7544AE

monochromatic

#565422 #827F33 #AEAA44 #C5C16A #D6D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA44

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA44	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)

#B7A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37c',
    500: '#aeaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa44;
$custom-light: #c9c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72133,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.38165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA44

secondary

#8C8EC2

accent

#59D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA44

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

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