#AEAE43#AEAE43

#AEAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE43
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -13.85, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 55.03, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0423 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.129 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6058, 39.6769, 11.1973)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE43 #4343AE

analogous

#AE7943 #AEAE43 #79AE43

triadic

#AEAE43 #43AEAE #AE43AE

tetradic

#AEAE43 #43AE79 #4343AE #AE4379

square

#AEAE43 #43AE79 #4343AE #AE4379

split-complementary

#AEAE43 #4379AE #7943AE

monochromatic

#565621 #828232 #AEAE43 #C5C569 #D6D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE43

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE43	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67c',
    500: '#aeae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae43;
$custom-light: #c9c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE43

secondary

#8B8BC2

accent

#54D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE43

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

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