#AEAC43#AEAC43

#AEAC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC43
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -12.82, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 54.20, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0394 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.127 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2223, 38.9099, 11.0694)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC43 #4345AE

analogous

#AE7743 #AEAC43 #7AAE43

triadic

#AEAC43 #43AEAC #AC43AE

tetradic

#AEAC43 #43AE77 #4345AE #AE437A

square

#AEAC43 #43AE77 #4345AE #AE437A

split-complementary

#AEAC43 #437AAE #7743AE

monochromatic

#565521 #828032 #AEAC43 #C5C469 #D6D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AEAC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC43

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC43	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)

#B9A537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c47c',
    500: '#aeac43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac43;
$custom-light: #c9c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72563,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC43

secondary

#8B8CC2

accent

#56D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC43

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

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