#AEAC38#AEAC38

#AEAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC38
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -13.50, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 58.75, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0425 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.135 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9230, 38.7903, 9.4936)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC38 #383AAE

analogous

#AE7138 #AEAC38 #75AE38

triadic

#AEAC38 #38AEAC #AC38AE

tetradic

#AEAC38 #38AE71 #383AAE #AE3875

square

#AEAC38 #38AE71 #383AAE #AE3875

split-complementary

#AEAC38 #3875AE #7138AE

monochromatic

#51501A #807E29 #AEAC38 #CAC859 #D9D788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC38

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c475',
    500: '#aeac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac38;
$custom-light: #c9c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC38

secondary

#7F80C3

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC38

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

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