#AEAE46#AEAE46

#AEAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE46
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -13.64, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 53.73, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0414 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.126 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6981, 39.7139, 11.6836)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE46 #4646AE

analogous

#AE7A46 #AEAE46 #7AAE46

triadic

#AEAE46 #46AEAE #AE46AE

tetradic

#AEAE46 #46AE7A #4646AE #AE467A

square

#AEAE46 #46AE7A #4646AE #AE467A

split-complementary

#AEAE46 #467AAE #7A46AE

monochromatic

#575723 #828234 #AEAE46 #C4C46D #D6D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE46

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67e',
    500: '#aeae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae46;
$custom-light: #c9c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE46

secondary

#8E8EC2

accent

#55D255

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE46

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

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