#AEAE3B#AEAE3B

#AEAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE3B
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -14.36, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 58.35, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0446 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.135 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3821, 39.5875, 10.0195)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE3B #3B3BAE

analogous

#AE743B #AEAE3B #74AE3B

triadic

#AEAE3B #3BAEAE #AE3BAE

tetradic

#AEAE3B #3BAE74 #3B3BAE #AE3B74

square

#AEAE3B #3BAE74 #3B3BAE #AE3B74

split-complementary

#AEAE3B #3B74AE #743BAE

monochromatic

#53531C #80802C #AEAE3B #C8C85E #D8D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE3B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE3B	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c577',
    500: '#aeae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae3b;
$custom-light: #c9c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE3B

secondary

#8282C2

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE3B

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

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