#AEAE4B#AEAE4B

#AEAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE4B
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -13.27, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 51.50, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0398 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.122 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8625, 39.7797, 12.5497)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE4B #4B4BAE

analogous

#AE7D4B #AEAE4B #7DAE4B

triadic

#AEAE4B #4BAEAE #AE4BAE

tetradic

#AEAE4B #4BAE7D #4B4BAE #AE4B7D

square

#AEAE4B #4BAE7D #4B4BAE #AE4B7D

split-complementary

#AEAE4B #4B7DAE #7D4BAE

monochromatic

#585826 #838339 #AEAE4B #C3C373 #D5D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AEAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE4B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE4B	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c681',
    500: '#aeae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae4b;
$custom-light: #c8c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73086,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE4B

secondary

#9393C2

accent

#58D058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE4B

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

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