#AEAC41#AEAC41

#AEAC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC41
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -12.95, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 55.06, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.04 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.128 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1633, 38.8864, 10.7589)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC41 #4143AE

analogous

#AE7641 #AEAC41 #7AAE41

triadic

#AEAC41 #41AEAC #AC41AE

tetradic

#AEAC41 #41AE76 #4143AE #AE417A

square

#AEAC41 #41AE76 #4143AE #AE417A

split-complementary

#AEAC41 #417AAE #7641AE

monochromatic

#555420 #818030 #AEAC41 #C6C466 #D7D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AEAC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC41

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC41	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c47b',
    500: '#aeac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac41;
$custom-light: #c9c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC41

secondary

#898AC2

accent

#55D553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC41

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

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