#AEAB32#AEAB32

#AEAB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB32
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -13.31, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 60.64, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0426 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.5954, 38.3558, 8.7034)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB32 #3235AE

analogous

#AE6D32 #AEAB32 #73AE32

triadic

#AEAB32 #32AEAB #AB32AE

tetradic

#AEAB32 #32AE6D #3235AE #AE3273

square

#AEAB32 #32AE6D #3235AE #AE3273

split-complementary

#AEAB32 #3273AE #6D32AE

monochromatic

#4F4E17 #7E7C24 #AEAB32 #CDCA50 #DAD880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AEAB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB32

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB32	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)

#B9A41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac372',
    500: '#aeab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab32;
$custom-light: #cac372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.722,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.38355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB32

secondary

#787AC4

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB32

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

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