#AEAF40#AEAF40

#AEAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.132 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAF40
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -14.56, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 56.72, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0447 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.132 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7120, 40.0297, 10.8001)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAF40 #4140AF

analogous

#AF7940 #AEAF40 #76AF40

triadic

#AEAF40 #40AEAF #AF40AE

tetradic

#AEAF40 #40AF79 #4140AF #AF4076

square

#AEAF40 #40AF79 #4140AF #AF4076

split-complementary

#AEAF40 #4076AF #7940AF

monochromatic

#55551F #818230 #AEAF40 #C6C765 #D7D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AEAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAF40

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAF40	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.132 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67a',
    500: '#aeaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaf40;
$custom-light: #c9c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.541,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73197,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAF40

secondary

#8988C3

accent

#52D653

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAF40

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

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