#AEAE42#AEAE42

#AEAE42 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	#AEAE42
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -13.92, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 55.46, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0426 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.13 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5760, 39.6650, 11.0406)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE42 #4242AE

analogous

#AE7842 #AEAE42 #78AE42

triadic

#AEAE42 #42AEAE #AE42AE

tetradic

#AEAE42 #42AE78 #4242AE #AE4278

square

#AEAE42 #42AE78 #4242AE #AE4278

split-complementary

#AEAE42 #4278AE #7842AE

monochromatic

#555520 #828231 #AEAE42 #C6C668 #D6D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AEAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE42

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE42	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67b',
    500: '#aeae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae42;
$custom-light: #c9c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE42

secondary

#8A8AC2

accent

#53D553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE42

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

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