#AEAE36#AEAE36

#AEAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE36
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -14.64, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 60.30, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0459 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.138 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2586, 39.5381, 9.3690)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE36 #3636AE

analogous

#AE7236 #AEAE36 #72AE36

triadic

#AEAE36 #36AEAE #AE36AE

tetradic

#AEAE36 #36AE72 #3636AE #AE3672

square

#AEAE36 #36AE72 #3636AE #AE3672

split-complementary

#AEAE36 #3672AE #7236AE

monochromatic

#515119 #7F7F28 #AEAE36 #CBCB56 #D9D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE36

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c575',
    500: '#aeae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae36;
$custom-light: #c9c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72892,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE36

secondary

#7D7DC3

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE36

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

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