#AEAE2B#AEAE2B

#AEAE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.145 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE2B
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -15.17, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 64.18, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0485 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.145 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0289, 39.4462, 8.1591)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE2B #2B2BAE

analogous

#AE6C2B #AEAE2B #6CAE2B

triadic

#AEAE2B #2BAEAE #AE2BAE

tetradic

#AEAE2B #2BAE6C #2B2BAE #AE2B6C

square

#AEAE2B #2BAE6C #2B2BAE #AE2B6C

split-complementary

#AEAE2B #2B6CAE #6C2BAE

monochromatic

#4C4C13 #7D7D1F #AEAE2B #D1D145 #DDDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AEAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE2B

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE2B	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)

#BCA60B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.145 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac56f',
    500: '#aeae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae2b;
$custom-light: #cac56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72819,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE2B

secondary

#7070C5

accent

#44E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE2B

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

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