#AEAE35#AEAE35

#AEAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE35
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -14.70, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 60.68, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0462 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.139 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2354, 39.5288, 9.2466)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE35 #3535AE

analogous

#AE7235 #AEAE35 #72AE35

triadic

#AEAE35 #35AEAE #AE35AE

tetradic

#AEAE35 #35AE72 #3535AE #AE3572

square

#AEAE35 #35AE72 #3535AE #AE3572

split-complementary

#AEAE35 #3572AE #7235AE

monochromatic

#505018 #7F7F27 #AEAE35 #CBCB55 #DADA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE35

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE35	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c574',
    500: '#aeae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae35;
$custom-light: #c9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE35

secondary

#7C7CC3

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE35

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

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