#AEAF38#AEAF38

#AEAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAF38
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -15.05, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 59.93, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0469 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.138 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5005, 39.9451, 9.6861)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAF38 #3938AF

analogous

#AF7438 #AEAF38 #73AF38

triadic

#AEAF38 #38AEAF #AF38AE

tetradic

#AEAF38 #38AF74 #3938AF #AF3873

square

#AEAF38 #38AF74 #3938AF #AF3873

split-complementary

#AEAF38 #3873AF #7438AF

monochromatic

#52521A #808129 #AEAF38 #C9CA5A #D8D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AEAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAF38

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAF38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c676',
    500: '#aeaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaf38;
$custom-light: #c9c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAF38

secondary

#8080C3

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAF38

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

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