#AEAC2C#AEAC2C

#AEAC2C 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	#AEAC2C
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -14.10, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 63.11, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0454 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6639, 38.6866, 8.1290)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC2C #2C2EAE

analogous

#AE6B2C #AEAC2C #6FAE2C

triadic

#AEAC2C #2CAEAC #AC2CAE

tetradic

#AEAC2C #2CAE6B #2C2EAE #AE2C6F

square

#AEAC2C #2CAE6B #2C2EAE #AE2C6F

split-complementary

#AEAC2C #2C6FAE #6B2CAE

monochromatic

#4C4B13 #7D7C20 #AEAC2C #D0CE47 #DDDB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC2C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC2C	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)

#BAA510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac46f',
    500: '#aeac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac2c;
$custom-light: #cac46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72381,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC2C

secondary

#7172C5

accent

#47E345

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC2C

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

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