#AEAE3C#AEAE3C

#AEAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.134 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE3C
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -14.30, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 57.95, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0444 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.134 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4083, 39.5980, 10.1574)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE3C #3C3CAE

analogous

#AE753C #AEAE3C #75AE3C

triadic

#AEAE3C #3CAEAE #AE3CAE

tetradic

#AEAE3C #3CAE75 #3C3CAE #AE3C75

square

#AEAE3C #3CAE75 #3C3CAE #AE3C75

split-complementary

#AEAE3C #3C75AE #753CAE

monochromatic

#53531D #80802C #AEAE3C #C8C85F #D8D88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE3C

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE3C	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)

#BCA72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.134 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c578',
    500: '#aeae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae3c;
$custom-light: #c9c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE3C

secondary

#8383C2

accent

#50D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE3C

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

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