#AEAE37#AEAE37

#AEAE37 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	#AEAE37
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -14.59, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 59.92, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0457 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.138 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2823, 39.5476, 9.4939)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE37 #3737AE

analogous

#AE7337 #AEAE37 #73AE37

triadic

#AEAE37 #37AEAE #AE37AE

tetradic

#AEAE37 #37AE73 #3737AE #AE3773

square

#AEAE37 #37AE73 #3737AE #AE3773

split-complementary

#AEAE37 #3773AE #7337AE

monochromatic

#51511A #7F7F28 #AEAE37 #CACA58 #D9D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE37

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c575',
    500: '#aeae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae37;
$custom-light: #c9c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE37

secondary

#7E7EC3

accent

#4CDB4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE37

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

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