#AEAC30#AEAC30

#AEAC30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC30
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -13.92, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 61.73, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0445 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7428, 38.7182, 8.5443)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC30 #3032AE

analogous

#AE6D30 #AEAC30 #71AE30

triadic

#AEAC30 #30AEAC #AC30AE

tetradic

#AEAC30 #30AE6D #3032AE #AE3071

square

#AEAC30 #30AE6D #3032AE #AE3071

split-complementary

#AEAC30 #3071AE #6D30AE

monochromatic

#4E4D16 #7E7D23 #AEAC30 #CECC4D #DBDA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAC30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC30

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC30	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)

#BAA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac471',
    500: '#aeac30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac30;
$custom-light: #cac471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.14019,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC30

secondary

#7677C4

accent

#4AE048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC30

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

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