#AEAC32#AEAC32

#AEAC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.139 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC32
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -13.82, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 61.02, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.044 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.139 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7850, 38.7350, 8.7666)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC32 #3234AE

analogous

#AE6E32 #AEAC32 #72AE32

triadic

#AEAC32 #32AEAC #AC32AE

tetradic

#AEAC32 #32AE6E #3234AE #AE3272

square

#AEAC32 #32AE6E #3234AE #AE3272

split-complementary

#AEAC32 #3272AE #6E32AE

monochromatic

#4F4E17 #7E7D24 #AEAC32 #CDCB50 #DAD980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AEAC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC32

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC32	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.139 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac472',
    500: '#aeac32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac32;
$custom-light: #cac472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72421,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC32

secondary

#7879C4

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC32

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

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