#AEAE29#AEAE29

#AEAE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.146 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE29
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -15.25, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 64.82, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0489 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.146 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9931, 39.4319, 7.9705)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE29 #2929AE

analogous

#AE6C29 #AEAE29 #6CAE29

triadic

#AEAE29 #29AEAE #AE29AE

tetradic

#AEAE29 #29AE6C #2929AE #AE296C

square

#AEAE29 #29AE6C #2929AE #AE296C

split-complementary

#AEAE29 #296CAE #6C29AE

monochromatic

#4B4B12 #7C7C1D #AEAE29 #D2D242 #DEDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AEAE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE29

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE29	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.146 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56e',
    500: '#aeae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae29;
$custom-light: #cac56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE29

secondary

#6D6DC5

accent

#43E543

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE29

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

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