#AEAF49#AEAF49

#AEAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAF49
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -13.94, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 52.83, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0419 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.125 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9891, 40.1405, 12.2595)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAF49 #4A49AF

analogous

#AF7D49 #AEAF49 #7BAF49

triadic

#AEAF49 #49AEAF #AF49AE

tetradic

#AEAF49 #49AF7D #4A49AF #AF497B

square

#AEAF49 #49AF7D #4A49AF #AF497B

split-complementary

#AEAF49 #497BAF #7D49AF

monochromatic

#585925 #838437 #AEAF49 #C3C471 #D5D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAF49

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAF49	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c680',
    500: '#aeaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaf49;
$custom-light: #c9c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73285,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAF49

secondary

#9291C2

accent

#57D158

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAF49

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

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