#AEAB2F#AEAB2F

#AEAB2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB2F
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -13.45, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 61.71, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0433 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.5328, 38.3308, 8.3737)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB2F #2F32AE

analogous

#AE6B2F #AEAB2F #71AE2F

triadic

#AEAB2F #2FAEAB #AB2FAE

tetradic

#AEAB2F #2FAE6B #2F32AE #AE2F71

square

#AEAB2F #2FAE6B #2F32AE #AE2F71

split-complementary

#AEAB2F #2F71AE #6B2FAE

monochromatic

#4E4C15 #7E7C22 #AEAB2F #CFCB4C #DCD97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AEAB2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB2F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB2F	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac371',
    500: '#aeab2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab2f;
$custom-light: #cac371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72179,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.3833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB2F

secondary

#7577C4

accent

#4BE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB2F

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

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