#AEAC2D#AEAC2D

#AEAC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC2D
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -14.06, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 62.77, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0452 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6830, 38.6942, 8.2292)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC2D #2D2FAE

analogous

#AE6C2D #AEAC2D #6FAE2D

triadic

#AEAC2D #2DAEAC #AC2DAE

tetradic

#AEAC2D #2DAE6C #2D2FAE #AE2D6F

square

#AEAC2D #2DAE6C #2D2FAE #AE2D6F

split-complementary

#AEAC2D #2D6FAE #6C2DAE

monochromatic

#4D4C14 #7D7C20 #AEAC2D #D0CE48 #DCDB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC2D

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC2D	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)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac470',
    500: '#aeac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac2d;
$custom-light: #cac470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC2D

secondary

#7274C4

accent

#48E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC2D

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

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