#AEAE38#AEAE38

#AEAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE38
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -14.53, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 59.53, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0454 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.137 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3065, 39.5573, 9.6214)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE38 #3838AE

analogous

#AE7338 #AEAE38 #73AE38

triadic

#AEAE38 #38AEAE #AE38AE

tetradic

#AEAE38 #38AE73 #3838AE #AE3873

square

#AEAE38 #38AE73 #3838AE #AE3873

split-complementary

#AEAE38 #3873AE #7338AE

monochromatic

#51511A #808029 #AEAE38 #CACA59 #D9D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE38

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c576',
    500: '#aeae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae38;
$custom-light: #c9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72908,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE38

secondary

#7F7FC3

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE38

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

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