#AEAC2B#AEAC2B

#AEAC2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.143 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC2B
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -14.14, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 63.44, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0456 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6454, 38.6792, 8.0312)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC2B #2B2DAE

analogous

#AE6B2B #AEAC2B #6EAE2B

triadic

#AEAC2B #2BAEAC #AC2BAE

tetradic

#AEAC2B #2BAE6B #2B2DAE #AE2B6E

square

#AEAC2B #2BAE6B #2B2DAE #AE2B6E

split-complementary

#AEAC2B #2B6EAE #6B2BAE

monochromatic

#4C4B13 #7D7B1F #AEAC2B #D1CF45 #DDDC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAC2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC2B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC2B	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA50D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46f',
    500: '#aeac2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac2b;
$custom-light: #cac46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC2B

secondary

#7071C5

accent

#47E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC2B

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

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