#AEAF42#AEAF42

#AEAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAF42
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -14.43, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 55.88, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0441 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.131 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7699, 40.0529, 11.1053)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAF42 #4342AF

analogous

#AF7942 #AEAF42 #78AF42

triadic

#AEAF42 #42AEAF #AF42AE

tetradic

#AEAF42 #42AF79 #4342AF #AF4278

square

#AEAF42 #42AF79 #4342AF #AF4278

split-complementary

#AEAF42 #4278AF #7942AF

monochromatic

#565620 #828331 #AEAF42 #C5C668 #D6D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AEAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAF42

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAF42	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)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67b',
    500: '#aeaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaf42;
$custom-light: #c9c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.55,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73215,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAF42

secondary

#8B8AC2

accent

#53D554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAF42

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

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