#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
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -12.88, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 54.64, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0397 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.127 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1925, 38.8980, 10.9128)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AEAC42	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)

#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

Preview with #AEAC42

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

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