#AEAC42#AEAC42

#AEAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AEAC42
RGBrgb(174, 172, 66)
HSLhsl(59, 45%, 47%)
HSVhsv(59, 62%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.68, -12.88, 53.09)
CIE-LCHlch(68.68, 54.64, 103.64°)
OKLaboklab(72.55% -0.0397 0.121)
OKLCHoklch(72.55% 0.127 108.2)
XYZxyz(33.1925, 38.8980, 10.9128)
Luminance0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AEAC42 #4244AE
analogous
#AE7642 #AEAC42 #7AAE42
triadic
#AEAC42 #42AEAC #AC42AE
tetradic
#AEAC42 #42AE76 #4244AE #AE427A
square
#AEAC42 #42AE76 #4244AE #AE427A
split-complementary
#AEAC42 #427AAE #7642AE
monochromatic
#555420 #828031 #AEAC42 #C6C468 #D6D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#AEAC42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78
#AEAC42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC42
8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AEAC42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AEAC421.002.398.788.78
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7821.001.001.00
##0000008.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A535
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA948
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAA296
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aeac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c47b',
    500: '#aeac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aeac42;
$custom-light: #c9c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aeac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72553,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AEAC42
secondary
#8A8BC2
accent
#56D553
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8EE
border
#D2D1C9
text
#13120A
muted
#82817C

Preview Lab

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#AEAC42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva