#AEAC2F#AEAC2F

#AEAC2F 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	#AEAC2F
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -13.97, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 62.09, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0447 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7224, 38.7100, 8.4369)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC2F #2F31AE

analogous

#AE6C2F #AEAC2F #70AE2F

triadic

#AEAC2F #2FAEAC #AC2FAE

tetradic

#AEAC2F #2FAE6C #2F31AE #AE2F70

square

#AEAC2F #2FAE6C #2F31AE #AE2F70

split-complementary

#AEAC2F #2F70AE #6C2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4D15 #7E7C22 #AEAC2F #CFCC4C #DCDA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAC2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC2F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC2F	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)

#BAA517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac471',
    500: '#aeac2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac2f;
$custom-light: #cac471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC2F

secondary

#7576C4

accent

#4AE147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC2F

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

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