#AEAB2D#AEAB2D

#AEAB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB2D
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -13.54, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 62.41, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0437 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4934, 38.3150, 8.1660)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB2D #2D30AE

analogous

#AE6B2D #AEAB2D #70AE2D

triadic

#AEAB2D #2DAEAB #AB2DAE

tetradic

#AEAB2D #2DAE6B #2D30AE #AE2D70

square

#AEAB2D #2DAE6B #2D30AE #AE2D70

split-complementary

#AEAB2D #2D70AE #6B2DAE

monochromatic

#4D4B14 #7D7B20 #AEAB2D #D0CD48 #DCDA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB2D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB2D	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)

#B9A413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac370',
    500: '#aeab2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab2d;
$custom-light: #cac370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB2D

secondary

#7274C4

accent

#49E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB2D

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

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