#AEAB3C#AEAB3C

#AEAB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB3C
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -12.75, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 56.75, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.04 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.131 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8352, 38.4518, 9.9664)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB3C #3C3FAE

analogous

#AE723C #AEAB3C #78AE3C

triadic

#AEAB3C #3CAEAB #AB3CAE

tetradic

#AEAB3C #3CAE72 #3C3FAE #AE3C78

square

#AEAB3C #3CAE72 #3C3FAE #AE3C78

split-complementary

#AEAB3C #3C78AE #723CAE

monochromatic

#53521D #807E2C #AEAB3C #C8C55F #D8D68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEAB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB3C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB3C	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)

#B9A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c378',
    500: '#aeab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab3c;
$custom-light: #c9c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB3C

secondary

#8385C2

accent

#53D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB3C

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

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