#AEAC37#AEAC37

#AEAC37 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 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC37
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -13.56, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 59.14, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0428 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8988, 38.7806, 9.3661)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC37 #3739AE

analogous

#AE7137 #AEAC37 #74AE37

triadic

#AEAC37 #37AEAC #AC37AE

tetradic

#AEAC37 #37AE71 #3739AE #AE3774

square

#AEAC37 #37AE71 #3739AE #AE3774

split-complementary

#AEAC37 #3774AE #7137AE

monochromatic

#51501A #7F7E28 #AEAC37 #CAC858 #D9D886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC37

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC37	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c475',
    500: '#aeac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac37;
$custom-light: #c9c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC37

secondary

#7E7FC3

accent

#4FDB4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC37

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

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