#AEAE3E#AEAE3E

#AEAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE3E
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -14.18, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 57.14, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0438 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.133 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4622, 39.6195, 10.4411)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE3E #3E3EAE

analogous

#AE763E #AEAE3E #76AE3E

triadic

#AEAE3E #3EAEAE #AE3EAE

tetradic

#AEAE3E #3EAE76 #3E3EAE #AE3E76

square

#AEAE3E #3EAE76 #3E3EAE #AE3E76

split-complementary

#AEAE3E #3E76AE #763EAE

monochromatic

#54541E #81812E #AEAE3E #C7C762 #D7D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE3E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE3E	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)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c579',
    500: '#aeae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae3e;
$custom-light: #c9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE3E

secondary

#8686C2

accent

#51D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE3E

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

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