#AEAE41#AEAE41

#AEAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE41
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -13.98, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 55.89, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0429 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.13 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5468, 39.6534, 10.8867)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE41 #4141AE

analogous

#AE7841 #AEAE41 #78AE41

triadic

#AEAE41 #41AEAE #AE41AE

tetradic

#AEAE41 #41AE78 #4141AE #AE4178

square

#AEAE41 #41AE78 #4141AE #AE4178

split-complementary

#AEAE41 #4178AE #7841AE

monochromatic

#555520 #818130 #AEAE41 #C6C666 #D7D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AEAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE41

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE41	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)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67b',
    500: '#aeae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae41;
$custom-light: #c9c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE41

secondary

#8989C2

accent

#53D553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE41

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

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