#AEAB3A#AEAB3A

#AEAB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB3A
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -12.87, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 57.56, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0405 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.133 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7833, 38.4310, 9.6932)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB3A #3A3DAE

analogous

#AE713A #AEAB3A #77AE3A

triadic

#AEAB3A #3AAEAB #AB3AAE

tetradic

#AEAB3A #3AAE71 #3A3DAE #AE3A77

square

#AEAB3A #3AAE71 #3A3DAE #AE3A77

split-complementary

#AEAB3A #3A77AE #713AAE

monochromatic

#52511B #807E2B #AEAB3A #C9C65C #D8D68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEAB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB3A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB3A	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c376',
    500: '#aeab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab3a;
$custom-light: #c9c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72261,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB3A

secondary

#8183C2

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB3A

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

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