#AEAE39#AEAE39

#AEAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE39
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -14.48, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 59.15, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0452 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.136 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3312, 39.5671, 9.7515)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE39 #3939AE

analogous

#AE7339 #AEAE39 #73AE39

triadic

#AEAE39 #39AEAE #AE39AE

tetradic

#AEAE39 #39AE73 #3939AE #AE3973

square

#AEAE39 #39AE73 #3939AE #AE3973

split-complementary

#AEAE39 #3973AE #7339AE

monochromatic

#52521B #80802A #AEAE39 #C9C95B #D8D889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE39

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c576',
    500: '#aeae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae39;
$custom-light: #c9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72916,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE39

secondary

#8080C3

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE39

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

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