#AEAC46#AEAC46

#AEAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC46
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 59.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -12.61, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 52.89, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0385 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.124 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3146, 38.9469, 11.5558)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC46 #4648AE

analogous

#AE7846 #AEAC46 #7CAE46

triadic

#AEAC46 #46AEAC #AC46AE

tetradic

#AEAC46 #46AE78 #4648AE #AE467C

square

#AEAC46 #46AE78 #4648AE #AE467C

split-complementary

#AEAC46 #467CAE #7846AE

monochromatic

#575623 #828134 #AEAC46 #C4C36D #D6D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AEAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC46

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC46	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)

#B9A63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c47e',
    500: '#aeac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac46;
$custom-light: #c9c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72593,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC46

secondary

#8E8FC2

accent

#58D255

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC46

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

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