#AEAE24#AEAE24

#AEAE24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.149 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE24
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -15.44, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 66.31, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0498 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.149 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9113, 39.3992, 7.5399)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE24 #2424AE

analogous

#AE6924 #AEAE24 #69AE24

triadic

#AEAE24 #24AEAE #AE24AE

tetradic

#AEAE24 #24AE69 #2424AE #AE2469

square

#AEAE24 #24AE69 #2424AE #AE2469

split-complementary

#AEAE24 #2469AE #6924AE

monochromatic

#49490F #7B7B1A #AEAE24 #D6D639 #E1E16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AEAE24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE24

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE24	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.149 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56c',
    500: '#aeae24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae24;
$custom-light: #cac56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE24

secondary

#6767C7

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE24

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

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