#AEAB2B#AEAB2B

#AEAB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.142 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB2B
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -13.63, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 63.08, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0442 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.142 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4558, 38.3000, 7.9680)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB2B #2B2EAE

analogous

#AE6A2B #AEAB2B #6FAE2B

triadic

#AEAB2B #2BAEAB #AB2BAE

tetradic

#AEAB2B #2BAE6A #2B2EAE #AE2B6F

square

#AEAB2B #2BAE6A #2B2EAE #AE2B6F

split-complementary

#AEAB2B #2B6FAE #6A2BAE

monochromatic

#4C4B13 #7D7B1F #AEAB2B #D1CE45 #DDDB76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB2B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB2B	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#BAA40D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.142 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36f',
    500: '#aeab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab2b;
$custom-light: #cac36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72154,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB2B

secondary

#7072C5

accent

#48E444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB2B

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

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