#AEAC44#AEAC44

#AEAC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.126 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC44
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -12.75, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 53.77, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0391 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.126 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2525, 38.9220, 11.2288)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC44 #4446AE

analogous

#AE7744 #AEAC44 #7BAE44

triadic

#AEAC44 #44AEAC #AC44AE

tetradic

#AEAC44 #44AE77 #4446AE #AE447B

square

#AEAC44 #44AE77 #4446AE #AE447B

split-complementary

#AEAC44 #447BAE #7744AE

monochromatic

#565522 #828133 #AEAC44 #C5C36A #D6D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AEAC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC44

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC44	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)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.126 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c47c',
    500: '#aeac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac44;
$custom-light: #c9c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC44

secondary

#8C8DC2

accent

#57D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC44

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

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