#AEAC23#AEAC23

#AEAC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC23
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -14.45, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 65.89, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0471 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5128, 38.6261, 7.3327)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC23 #2325AE

analogous

#AE6623 #AEAC23 #6AAE23

triadic

#AEAC23 #23AEAC #AC23AE

tetradic

#AEAC23 #23AE66 #2325AE #AE236A

square

#AEAC23 #23AE66 #2325AE #AE236A

split-complementary

#AEAC23 #236AAE #6623AE

monochromatic

#48470F #7B7A19 #AEAC23 #D7D537 #E1DF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEAC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC23

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC23	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46b',
    500: '#aeac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac23;
$custom-light: #cac46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC23

secondary

#6667C7

accent

#41E93E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC23

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

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