#AEAC45#AEAC45

#AEAC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC45
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -12.68, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 53.33, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0388 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.125 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2833, 38.9344, 11.3909)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC45 #4547AE

analogous

#AE7745 #AEAC45 #7CAE45

triadic

#AEAC45 #45AEAC #AC45AE

tetradic

#AEAC45 #45AE77 #4547AE #AE457C

square

#AEAC45 #45AE77 #4547AE #AE457C

split-complementary

#AEAC45 #457CAE #7745AE

monochromatic

#565522 #828134 #AEAC45 #C5C36C #D6D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AEAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC45

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC45	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c47d',
    500: '#aeac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac45;
$custom-light: #c9c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72583,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC45

secondary

#8D8EC2

accent

#57D355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC45

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

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