#AEAE33#AEAE33

#AEAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.140 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE33
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -14.80, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 61.42, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0467 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.14 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1903, 39.5108, 9.0093)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE33 #3333AE

analogous

#AE7133 #AEAE33 #71AE33

triadic

#AEAE33 #33AEAE #AE33AE

tetradic

#AEAE33 #33AE71 #3333AE #AE3371

square

#AEAE33 #33AE71 #3333AE #AE3371

split-complementary

#AEAE33 #3371AE #7133AE

monochromatic

#4F4F17 #7F7F25 #AEAE33 #CCCC52 #DADA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE33

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c573',
    500: '#aeae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae33;
$custom-light: #c9c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE33

secondary

#7979C3

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE33

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

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