#AEAC31#AEAC31

#AEAC31 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	#AEAC31
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -13.87, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 61.38, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0443 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7637, 38.7265, 8.6542)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC31 #3133AE

analogous

#AE6D31 #AEAC31 #71AE31

triadic

#AEAC31 #31AEAC #AC31AE

tetradic

#AEAC31 #31AE6D #3133AE #AE3171

square

#AEAC31 #31AE6D #3133AE #AE3171

split-complementary

#AEAC31 #3171AE #6D31AE

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7E7D24 #AEAC31 #CDCB4F #DBD97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC31

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC31	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)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac472',
    500: '#aeac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac31;
$custom-light: #cac472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72414,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC31

secondary

#7778C4

accent

#4BDF48

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC31

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

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