#AEAB2A#AEAB2A

#AEAB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.143 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB2A
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -13.67, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 63.41, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0444 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.143 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4377, 38.2927, 7.8726)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB2A #2A2DAE

analogous

#AE692A #AEAB2A #6FAE2A

triadic

#AEAB2A #2AAEAB #AB2AAE

tetradic

#AEAB2A #2AAE69 #2A2DAE #AE2A6F

square

#AEAB2A #2AAE69 #2A2DAE #AE2A6F

split-complementary

#AEAB2A #2A6FAE #692AAE

monochromatic

#4B4A12 #7D7B1E #AEAB2A #D2CE43 #DEDB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB2A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB2A	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.143 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36e',
    500: '#aeab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab2a;
$custom-light: #cac36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB2A

secondary

#6F71C5

accent

#47E444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB2A

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

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