#AEAE3A#AEAE3A

#AEAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE3A
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -14.42, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 58.75, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0449 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.136 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3564, 39.5772, 9.8842)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE3A #3A3AAE

analogous

#AE743A #AEAE3A #74AE3A

triadic

#AEAE3A #3AAEAE #AE3AAE

tetradic

#AEAE3A #3AAE74 #3A3AAE #AE3A74

square

#AEAE3A #3AAE74 #3A3AAE #AE3A74

split-complementary

#AEAE3A #3A74AE #743AAE

monochromatic

#52521B #80802B #AEAE3A #C9C95C #D8D88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE3A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE3A	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c577',
    500: '#aeae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae3a;
$custom-light: #c9c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE3A

secondary

#8181C2

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE3A

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

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