#AEAE50#AEAE50

#AEAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.117 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE50
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -12.87, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 49.19, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0381 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.117 109)
XYZ	xyz(34.0405, 39.8508, 13.4867)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE50 #5050AE

analogous

#AE7F50 #AEAE50 #7FAE50

triadic

#AEAE50 #50AEAE #AE50AE

tetradic

#AEAE50 #50AE7F #5050AE #AE507F

square

#AEAE50 #50AE7F #5050AE #AE507F

split-complementary

#AEAE50 #507FAE #7F50AE

monochromatic

#5A5A29 #84843D #AEAE50 #C2C27A #D5D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE50

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE50	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.117 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c684',
    500: '#aeae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae50;
$custom-light: #c8c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73143,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.3985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE50

secondary

#9898C2

accent

#5BCD5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE50

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

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