#AEAC2E#AEAC2E

#AEAC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.141 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC2E
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -14.01, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 62.43, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.045 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7025, 38.7020, 8.3318)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC2E #2E30AE

analogous

#AE6C2E #AEAC2E #70AE2E

triadic

#AEAC2E #2EAEAC #AC2EAE

tetradic

#AEAC2E #2EAE6C #2E30AE #AE2E70

square

#AEAC2E #2EAE6C #2E30AE #AE2E70

split-complementary

#AEAC2E #2E70AE #6C2EAE

monochromatic

#4D4C14 #7E7C21 #AEAC2E #CFCD4A #DCDA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC2E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC2E	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)

#BAA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac470',
    500: '#aeac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac2e;
$custom-light: #cac470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72394,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC2E

secondary

#7475C4

accent

#49E146

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC2E

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

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