#AEAB45#AEAB45

#AEAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB45
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -12.16, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 52.92, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0373 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.124 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0937, 38.5552, 11.3277)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB45 #4548AE

analogous

#AE7745 #AEAB45 #7CAE45

triadic

#AEAB45 #45AEAB #AB45AE

tetradic

#AEAB45 #45AE77 #4548AE #AE457C

square

#AEAB45 #45AE77 #4548AE #AE457C

split-complementary

#AEAB45 #457CAE #7745AE

monochromatic

#565522 #828034 #AEAB45 #C5C26C #D6D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AEAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB45

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB45	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37d',
    500: '#aeab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab45;
$custom-light: #c9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72363,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB45

secondary

#8D8EC2

accent

#58D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB45

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

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