#AEAA45#AEAA45

#AEAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA45
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -11.64, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 52.51, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0358 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.123 107)
XYZ	xyz(32.9055, 38.1788, 11.2650)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA45 #4549AE

analogous

#AE7545 #AEAA45 #7EAE45

triadic

#AEAA45 #45AEAA #AA45AE

tetradic

#AEAA45 #45AE75 #4549AE #AE457E

square

#AEAA45 #45AE75 #4549AE #AE457E

split-complementary

#AEAA45 #457EAE #7545AE

monochromatic

#565422 #827F34 #AEAA45 #C5C16C #D6D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AEAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA45

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA45	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37d',
    500: '#aeaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa45;
$custom-light: #c9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.38178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA45

secondary

#8D8FC2

accent

#5AD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA45

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

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