#AEAC24#AEAC24

#AEAC24 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	#AEAC24
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -14.42, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 65.60, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0469 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5278, 38.6322, 7.4120)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC24 #2426AE

analogous

#AE6724 #AEAC24 #6BAE24

triadic

#AEAC24 #24AEAC #AC24AE

tetradic

#AEAC24 #24AE67 #2426AE #AE246B

square

#AEAC24 #24AE67 #2426AE #AE246B

split-complementary

#AEAC24 #246BAE #6724AE

monochromatic

#49480F #7B7A1A #AEAC24 #D6D439 #E1DF6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAC24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEAC24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC24

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC24	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: #aeac24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46c',
    500: '#aeac24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac24;
$custom-light: #cac46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC24

secondary

#6768C7

accent

#42E93F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC24

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

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