#AEAC34#AEAC34

#AEAC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC34
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -13.72, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 60.28, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0435 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.138 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8291, 38.7527, 8.9988)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC34 #3436AE

analogous

#AE6F34 #AEAC34 #73AE34

triadic

#AEAC34 #34AEAC #AC34AE

tetradic

#AEAC34 #34AE6F #3436AE #AE3473

square

#AEAC34 #34AE6F #3436AE #AE3473

split-complementary

#AEAC34 #3473AE #6F34AE

monochromatic

#504F18 #7F7D26 #AEAC34 #CCCA53 #DAD883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AEAC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC34

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC34	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)

#BAA520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c473',
    500: '#aeac34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac34;
$custom-light: #c9c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC34

secondary

#7B7CC3

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC34

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

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