#AEAF37#AEAF37
#AEAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEAF37 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 175, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 52%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 69%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 31.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.42, -15.10, 58.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.42, 60.32, 104.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.12% -0.0471 0.1305) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.12% 0.139 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.4762, 39.9354, 9.5586) |
| Luminance | 0.3993 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
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ΔE00 3.76
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.96
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.09
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.89
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.98
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEAF37 #3837AF
analogous
#AF7437 #AEAF37 #72AF37
triadic
#AEAF37 #37AEAF #AF37AE
tetradic
#AEAF37 #37AF74 #3837AF #AF3772
square
#AEAF37 #37AF74 #3837AF #AF3772
split-complementary
#AEAF37 #3772AF #7437AF
monochromatic
#51521A #808028 #AEAF37 #CACB59 #D9D987
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#AEAF37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#AEAF37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEAF37
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEAF37 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEAF37 | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.99 | 8.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDA824
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAB3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAA497
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aeaf37; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9c675',
500: '#aeaf37',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aeaf37; $custom-light: #c9c675; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aeaf37",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 175,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.5,
"s": 52.174,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73122,
"c": 0.13872,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.39934
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEAF37
secondary
#7F7FC3
accent
#4CDC4D
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8ED
border
#D2D1C8
text
#141309
muted
#82827B