#AEAC3B#AEAC3B

#AEAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC3B
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -13.33, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 57.55, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0417 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9986, 38.8205, 9.8917)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC3B #3B3DAE

analogous

#AE733B #AEAC3B #76AE3B

triadic

#AEAC3B #3BAEAC #AC3BAE

tetradic

#AEAC3B #3BAE73 #3B3DAE #AE3B76

square

#AEAC3B #3BAE73 #3B3DAE #AE3B76

split-complementary

#AEAC3B #3B76AE #733BAE

monochromatic

#53521C #807F2C #AEAC3B #C8C75E #D8D78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC3B

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC3B	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)

#BAA52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c477',
    500: '#aeac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac3b;
$custom-light: #c9c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC3B

secondary

#8284C2

accent

#51D94F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC3B

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

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