#AEAE40#AEAE40

#AEAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE40
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -14.05, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 56.31, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0432 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.131 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5181, 39.6419, 10.7355)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE40 #4040AE

analogous

#AE7740 #AEAE40 #77AE40

triadic

#AEAE40 #40AEAE #AE40AE

tetradic

#AEAE40 #40AE77 #4040AE #AE4077

square

#AEAE40 #40AE77 #4040AE #AE4077

split-complementary

#AEAE40 #4077AE #7740AE

monochromatic

#55551F #818130 #AEAE40 #C6C665 #D7D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AEAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE40

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE40	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57a',
    500: '#aeae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae40;
$custom-light: #c9c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE40

secondary

#8888C2

accent

#52D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE40

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

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