#AEAA48#AEAA48

#AEAA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA48
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -11.42, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 51.16, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0349 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.12 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0010, 38.2170, 11.7679)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA48 #484CAE

analogous

#AE7748 #AEAA48 #7FAE48

triadic

#AEAA48 #48AEAA #AA48AE

tetradic

#AEAA48 #48AE77 #484CAE #AE487F

square

#AEAA48 #48AE77 #484CAE #AE487F

split-complementary

#AEAA48 #487FAE #7748AE

monochromatic

#575524 #838036 #AEAA48 #C4C070 #D6D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AEAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA48

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA48	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)

#B7A43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37f',
    500: '#aeaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa48;
$custom-light: #c9c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72175,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA48

secondary

#9092C2

accent

#5BD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA48

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

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