#AEAA46#AEAA46

#AEAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA46
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -11.57, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 52.06, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0355 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.122 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9368, 38.1913, 11.4298)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA46 #464AAE

analogous

#AE7646 #AEAA46 #7EAE46

triadic

#AEAA46 #46AEAA #AA46AE

tetradic

#AEAA46 #46AE76 #464AAE #AE467E

square

#AEAA46 #46AE76 #464AAE #AE467E

split-complementary

#AEAA46 #467EAE #7646AE

monochromatic

#575523 #827F34 #AEAA46 #C4C16D #D6D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AEAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA46

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA46	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)

#B7A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37d',
    500: '#aeaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa46;
$custom-light: #c9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72153,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA46

secondary

#8E90C2

accent

#5AD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA46

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

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