#AEAE49#AEAE49

#AEAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; 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	#AEAE49
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -13.42, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 52.40, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0404 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.124 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7952, 39.7527, 12.1948)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE49 #4949AE

analogous

#AE7B49 #AEAE49 #7BAE49

triadic

#AEAE49 #49AEAE #AE49AE

tetradic

#AEAE49 #49AE7B #4949AE #AE497B

square

#AEAE49 #49AE7B #4949AE #AE497B

split-complementary

#AEAE49 #497BAE #7B49AE

monochromatic

#585825 #838337 #AEAE49 #C3C371 #D5D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AEAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE49

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE49	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)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.124 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c680',
    500: '#aeae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae49;
$custom-light: #c9c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE49

secondary

#9191C2

accent

#57D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE49

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

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