#AEAC49#AEAC49

#AEAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC49
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -12.39, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 51.55, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0375 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.121 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.4117, 38.9857, 12.0670)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC49 #494BAE

analogous

#AE7949 #AEAC49 #7DAE49

triadic

#AEAC49 #49AEAC #AC49AE

tetradic

#AEAC49 #49AE79 #494BAE #AE497D

square

#AEAC49 #49AE79 #494BAE #AE497D

split-complementary

#AEAC49 #497DAE #7949AE

monochromatic

#585725 #838137 #AEAC49 #C3C271 #D5D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC49

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC49	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c47f',
    500: '#aeac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac49;
$custom-light: #c9c47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72624,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC49

secondary

#9192C2

accent

#59D157

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC49

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

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