#AEAB42#AEAB42

#AEAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB42
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -12.37, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 54.23, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0382 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.126 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0029, 38.5188, 10.8496)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB42 #4245AE

analogous

#AE7542 #AEAB42 #7BAE42

triadic

#AEAB42 #42AEAB #AB42AE

tetradic

#AEAB42 #42AE75 #4245AE #AE427B

square

#AEAB42 #42AE75 #4245AE #AE427B

split-complementary

#AEAB42 #427BAE #7542AE

monochromatic

#555420 #827F31 #AEAB42 #C6C368 #D6D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AEAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB42

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB42	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37b',
    500: '#aeab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab42;
$custom-light: #c9c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB42

secondary

#8A8BC2

accent

#57D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB42

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

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