#AEAE30#AEAE30

#AEAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE30
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -14.95, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 62.49, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0474 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1263, 39.4852, 8.6722)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE30 #3030AE

analogous

#AE6F30 #AEAE30 #6FAE30

triadic

#AEAE30 #30AEAE #AE30AE

tetradic

#AEAE30 #30AE6F #3030AE #AE306F

square

#AEAE30 #30AE6F #3030AE #AE306F

split-complementary

#AEAE30 #306FAE #6F30AE

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7E7E23 #AEAE30 #CECE4D #DBDB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE30

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE30	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)

#BCA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac571',
    500: '#aeae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae30;
$custom-light: #cac571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7285,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE30

secondary

#7676C4

accent

#48E048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE30

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

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