#AEAB2C#AEAB2C

#AEAB2C 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	#AEAB2C
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -13.59, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 62.75, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.044 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.142 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4743, 38.3074, 8.0658)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB2C #2C2FAE

analogous

#AE6A2C #AEAB2C #70AE2C

triadic

#AEAB2C #2CAEAB #AB2CAE

tetradic

#AEAB2C #2CAE6A #2C2FAE #AE2C70

square

#AEAB2C #2CAE6A #2C2FAE #AE2C70

split-complementary

#AEAB2C #2C70AE #6A2CAE

monochromatic

#4C4B13 #7D7B20 #AEAB2C #D0CD47 #DDDA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB2C

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB2C	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)

#B9A410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.142 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36f',
    500: '#aeab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab2c;
$custom-light: #cac36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB2C

secondary

#7173C5

accent

#49E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB2C

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

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