#AEAC36#AEAC36

#AEAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC36
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -13.61, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 59.52, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.043 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8751, 38.7711, 9.2411)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC36 #3638AE

analogous

#AE7036 #AEAC36 #74AE36

triadic

#AEAC36 #36AEAC #AC36AE

tetradic

#AEAC36 #36AE70 #3638AE #AE3674

square

#AEAC36 #36AE70 #3638AE #AE3674

split-complementary

#AEAC36 #3674AE #7036AE

monochromatic

#515019 #7F7E28 #AEAC36 #CBC956 #D9D885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AEAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC36

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC36	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c474',
    500: '#aeac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac36;
$custom-light: #c9c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC36

secondary

#7D7EC3

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC36

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

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