#AEAE63#AEAE63

#AEAE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE63
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 32%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -11.08, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 39.95, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0311 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.098 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8443, 40.1724, 17.7205)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE63 #6363AE

analogous

#AE8863 #AEAE63 #88AE63

triadic

#AEAE63 #63AEAE #AE63AE

tetradic

#AEAE63 #63AE88 #6363AE #AE6388

square

#AEAE63 #63AE88 #6363AE #AE6388

split-complementary

#AEAE63 #6388AE #8863AE

monochromatic

#636333 #8B8B48 #AEAE63 #C3C38B #D8D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEAE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEAE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE63

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE63	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c691',
    500: '#aeae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae63;
$custom-light: #c7c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73399,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE63

secondary

#A6A6C6

accent

#60C860

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE63

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

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