#AEAE48#AEAE48

#AEAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.124 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE48
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -13.49, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 52.85, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0408 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.124 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7623, 39.7396, 12.0216)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE48 #4848AE

analogous

#AE7B48 #AEAE48 #7BAE48

triadic

#AEAE48 #48AEAE #AE48AE

tetradic

#AEAE48 #48AE7B #4848AE #AE487B

square

#AEAE48 #48AE7B #4848AE #AE487B

split-complementary

#AEAE48 #487BAE #7B48AE

monochromatic

#575724 #838336 #AEAE48 #C4C470 #D6D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AEAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE48

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE48	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.124 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67f',
    500: '#aeae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae48;
$custom-light: #c9c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE48

secondary

#9090C2

accent

#57D157

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE48

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

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