#AEAC25#AEAC25

#AEAC25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.146 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC25
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -14.38, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 65.31, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0468 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.146 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5433, 38.6384, 7.4936)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC25 #2527AE

analogous

#AE6825 #AEAC25 #6CAE25

triadic

#AEAC25 #25AEAC #AC25AE

tetradic

#AEAC25 #25AE68 #2527AE #AE256C

square

#AEAC25 #25AE68 #2527AE #AE256C

split-complementary

#AEAC25 #256CAE #6825AE

monochromatic

#494810 #7C7A1A #AEAC25 #D5D33B #E0DE6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAC25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEAC25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC25

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC25	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)

#BDA931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.146 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46c',
    500: '#aeac25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac25;
$custom-light: #cac46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72342,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC25

secondary

#686AC6

accent

#42E840

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC25

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

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