#AEAC3A#AEAC3A

#AEAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC3A
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -13.39, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 57.96, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.042 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.134 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9729, 38.8102, 9.7564)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC3A #3A3CAE

analogous

#AE723A #AEAC3A #76AE3A

triadic

#AEAC3A #3AAEAC #AC3AAE

tetradic

#AEAC3A #3AAE72 #3A3CAE #AE3A76

square

#AEAC3A #3AAE72 #3A3CAE #AE3A76

split-complementary

#AEAC3A #3A76AE #723AAE

monochromatic

#52511B #807F2B #AEAC3A #C9C75C #D8D78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC3A

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC3A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c477',
    500: '#aeac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac3a;
$custom-light: #c9c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC3A

secondary

#8182C2

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC3A

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

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