#AEAC3E#AEAC3E

#AEAC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; 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	#AEAC3E
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -13.15, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 56.33, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0409 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.131 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0787, 38.8525, 10.3133)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC3E #3E40AE

analogous

#AE743E #AEAC3E #78AE3E

triadic

#AEAC3E #3EAEAC #AC3EAE

tetradic

#AEAC3E #3EAE74 #3E40AE #AE3E78

square

#AEAC3E #3EAE74 #3E40AE #AE3E78

split-complementary

#AEAC3E #3E78AE #743EAE

monochromatic

#54531E #817F2E #AEAC3E #C7C562 #D7D68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AEAC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC3E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC3E	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#BAA530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c479',
    500: '#aeac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac3e;
$custom-light: #c9c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC3E

secondary

#8687C2

accent

#53D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC3E

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

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