#AEAE2F#AEAE2F

#AEAE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.143 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE2F
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -14.99, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 62.84, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0476 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.143 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1059, 39.4770, 8.5647)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE2F #2F2FAE

analogous

#AE6E2F #AEAE2F #6EAE2F

triadic

#AEAE2F #2FAEAE #AE2FAE

tetradic

#AEAE2F #2FAE6E #2F2FAE #AE2F6E

square

#AEAE2F #2FAE6E #2F2FAE #AE2F6E

split-complementary

#AEAE2F #2F6EAE #6E2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4E15 #7E7E22 #AEAE2F #CFCF4C #DCDC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE2F

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE2F	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.143 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac571',
    500: '#aeae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae2f;
$custom-light: #cac571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72843,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE2F

secondary

#7575C4

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE2F

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

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