#AEAE34#AEAE34

#AEAE34 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	#AEAE34
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -14.75, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 61.05, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0464 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.14 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2126, 39.5197, 9.1267)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE34 #3434AE

analogous

#AE7134 #AEAE34 #71AE34

triadic

#AEAE34 #34AEAE #AE34AE

tetradic

#AEAE34 #34AE71 #3434AE #AE3471

square

#AEAE34 #34AE71 #3434AE #AE3471

split-complementary

#AEAE34 #3471AE #7134AE

monochromatic

#505018 #7F7F26 #AEAE34 #CCCC53 #DADA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE34

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE34	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)

#BCA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c574',
    500: '#aeae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae34;
$custom-light: #c9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72878,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE34

secondary

#7B7BC3

accent

#4ADD4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE34

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →