#AEAC3D#AEAC3D

#AEAC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC3D
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -13.21, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 56.74, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0412 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.131 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0515, 38.8416, 10.1701)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC3D #3D3FAE

analogous

#AE733D #AEAC3D #77AE3D

triadic

#AEAC3D #3DAEAC #AC3DAE

tetradic

#AEAC3D #3DAE73 #3D3FAE #AE3D77

square

#AEAC3D #3DAE73 #3D3FAE #AE3D77

split-complementary

#AEAC3D #3D77AE #733DAE

monochromatic

#53521D #817F2D #AEAC3D #C8C661 #D7D68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AEAC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC3D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC3D	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)

#BAA52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c478',
    500: '#aeac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac3d;
$custom-light: #c9c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC3D

secondary

#8586C2

accent

#53D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC3D

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

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