#AEAE2A#AEAE2A

#AEAE2A 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	#AEAE2A
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -15.21, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 64.50, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0487 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.146 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0108, 39.4389, 8.0636)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE2A #2A2AAE

analogous

#AE6C2A #AEAE2A #6CAE2A

triadic

#AEAE2A #2AAEAE #AE2AAE

tetradic

#AEAE2A #2AAE6C #2A2AAE #AE2A6C

square

#AEAE2A #2AAE6C #2A2AAE #AE2A6C

split-complementary

#AEAE2A #2A6CAE #6C2AAE

monochromatic

#4B4B12 #7D7D1E #AEAE2A #D2D243 #DEDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AEAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE2A

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE2A	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)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.146 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56f',
    500: '#aeae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae2a;
$custom-light: #cac56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE2A

secondary

#6F6FC5

accent

#44E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE2A

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

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