#AEAC55#AEAC55

#AEAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC55
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -11.40, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 45.94, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0334 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.11 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8486, 39.1605, 14.3682)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC55 #5557AE

analogous

#AE7F55 #AEAC55 #83AE55

triadic

#AEAC55 #55AEAC #AC55AE

tetradic

#AEAC55 #55AE7F #5557AE #AE5583

square

#AEAC55 #55AE7F #5557AE #AE5583

split-complementary

#AEAC55 #5583AE #7F55AE

monochromatic

#5D5B2C #868440 #AEAC55 #C2C07E #D5D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AEAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC55

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC55	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c487',
    500: '#aeac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac55;
$custom-light: #c8c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72766,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC55

secondary

#9C9DC3

accent

#5FCB5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC55

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

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