#AEAB3E#AEAB3E

#AEAB3E 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	#AEAB3E
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -12.63, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 55.92, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0394 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.13 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8891, 38.4733, 10.2501)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB3E #3E41AE

analogous

#AE733E #AEAB3E #79AE3E

triadic

#AEAB3E #3EAEAB #AB3EAE

tetradic

#AEAB3E #3EAE73 #3E41AE #AE3E79

square

#AEAB3E #3EAE73 #3E41AE #AE3E79

split-complementary

#AEAB3E #3E79AE #733EAE

monochromatic

#54521E #817F2E #AEAB3E #C7C462 #D7D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEAB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB3E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB3E	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)

#B9A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c379',
    500: '#aeab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab3e;
$custom-light: #c9c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72296,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB3E

secondary

#8687C2

accent

#54D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB3E

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

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