#AEAC2A#AEAC2A

#AEAC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC2A
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -14.19, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 63.77, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0458 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6273, 38.6719, 7.9358)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC2A #2A2CAE

analogous

#AE6A2A #AEAC2A #6EAE2A

triadic

#AEAC2A #2AAEAC #AC2AAE

tetradic

#AEAC2A #2AAE6A #2A2CAE #AE2A6E

square

#AEAC2A #2AAE6A #2A2CAE #AE2A6E

split-complementary

#AEAC2A #2A6EAE #6A2AAE

monochromatic

#4B4B12 #7D7B1E #AEAC2A #D2D043 #DEDC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEAC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC2A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC2A	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#BAA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46e',
    500: '#aeac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac2a;
$custom-light: #cac46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72369,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC2A

secondary

#6F70C5

accent

#46E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC2A

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

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