#AEAB23#AEAB23

#AEAB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB23
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -13.94, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 65.54, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0457 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3232, 38.2469, 7.2695)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB23 #2326AE

analogous

#AE6523 #AEAB23 #6BAE23

triadic

#AEAB23 #23AEAB #AB23AE

tetradic

#AEAB23 #23AE65 #2326AE #AE236B

square

#AEAB23 #23AE65 #2326AE #AE236B

split-complementary

#AEAB23 #236BAE #6523AE

monochromatic

#48470F #7B7919 #AEAB23 #D7D337 #E1DF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AEAB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB23

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB23	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36b',
    500: '#aeab23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab23;
$custom-light: #cac36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB23

secondary

#6668C7

accent

#42E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB23

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

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