#AEAE44#AEAE44

#AEAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE44
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -13.78, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 54.60, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.042 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.128 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6360, 39.6890, 11.3566)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE44 #4444AE

analogous

#AE7944 #AEAE44 #79AE44

triadic

#AEAE44 #44AEAE #AE44AE

tetradic

#AEAE44 #44AE79 #4444AE #AE4479

square

#AEAE44 #44AE79 #4444AE #AE4479

split-complementary

#AEAE44 #4479AE #7944AE

monochromatic

#565622 #828233 #AEAE44 #C5C56A #D6D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE44

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE44	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)

#BBA737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67d',
    500: '#aeae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae44;
$custom-light: #c9c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE44

secondary

#8C8CC2

accent

#54D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE44

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

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