#AEAB3D#AEAB3D

#AEAB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB3D
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -12.69, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 56.34, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0397 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.13 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8619, 38.4624, 10.1069)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB3D #3D40AE

analogous

#AE723D #AEAB3D #78AE3D

triadic

#AEAB3D #3DAEAB #AB3DAE

tetradic

#AEAB3D #3DAE72 #3D40AE #AE3D78

square

#AEAB3D #3DAE72 #3D40AE #AE3D78

split-complementary

#AEAB3D #3D78AE #723DAE

monochromatic

#53521D #817E2D #AEAB3D #C8C561 #D7D58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEAB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB3D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB3D	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)

#B9A42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c378',
    500: '#aeab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab3d;
$custom-light: #c9c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72287,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB3D

secondary

#8586C2

accent

#54D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB3D

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

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