#AEAC33#AEAC33

#AEAC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC33
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -13.77, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 60.65, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0438 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.138 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8068, 38.7438, 8.8815)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC33 #3335AE

analogous

#AE6F33 #AEAC33 #73AE33

triadic

#AEAC33 #33AEAC #AC33AE

tetradic

#AEAC33 #33AE6F #3335AE #AE3373

square

#AEAC33 #33AE6F #3335AE #AE3373

split-complementary

#AEAC33 #3373AE #6F33AE

monochromatic

#4F4E17 #7F7D25 #AEAC33 #CCCA52 #DAD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AEAC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC33

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC33	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)

#BAA51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c473',
    500: '#aeac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac33;
$custom-light: #c9c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72428,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC33

secondary

#797BC3

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC33

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

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