#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
RGBrgb(174, 175, 55)
HSLhsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSVhsv(61, 69%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.42, -15.10, 58.39)
CIE-LCHlch(69.42, 60.32, 104.50°)
OKLaboklab(73.12% -0.0471 0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(73.12% 0.139 109.9)
XYZxyz(33.4762, 39.9354, 9.5586)
Luminance0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##AEAF371.002.348.998.99
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9921.001.001.00
##0000008.9921.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

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#AEAF37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva