#AEAC3C#AEAC3C

#AEAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC3C
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -13.27, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 57.15, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0414 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.132 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0248, 38.8310, 10.0296)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC3C #3C3EAE

analogous

#AE733C #AEAC3C #77AE3C

triadic

#AEAC3C #3CAEAC #AC3CAE

tetradic

#AEAC3C #3CAE73 #3C3EAE #AE3C77

square

#AEAC3C #3CAE73 #3C3EAE #AE3C77

split-complementary

#AEAC3C #3C77AE #733CAE

monochromatic

#53521D #807F2C #AEAC3C #C8C65F #D8D68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AEAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC3C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC3C	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c478',
    500: '#aeac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac3c;
$custom-light: #c9c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC3C

secondary

#8385C2

accent

#52D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC3C

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

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