#AEAA58#AEAA58

#AEAA58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA58
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 49.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -10.08, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 43.59, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0293 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.105 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5926, 38.4536, 14.8834)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA58 #585CAE

analogous

#AE7F58 #AEAA58 #87AE58

triadic

#AEAA58 #58AEAA #AA58AE

tetradic

#AEAA58 #58AE7F #585CAE #AE5887

square

#AEAA58 #58AE7F #585CAE #AE5887

split-complementary

#AEAA58 #5887AE #7F58AE

monochromatic

#5E5C2E #878442 #AEAA58 #C2BF81 #D6D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAA58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEAA58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA58

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA58	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c389',
    500: '#aeaa58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa58;
$custom-light: #c8c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72368,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA58

secondary

#9EA0C4

accent

#62CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA58

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

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