#AEB12B#AEB12B

#AEB12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.148 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB12B
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -16.70, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 65.30, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0527 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6149, 40.6183, 8.3544)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB12B #2E2BB1

analogous

#B1712B #AEB12B #6BB12B

triadic

#AEB12B #2BAEB1 #B12BAE

tetradic

#AEB12B #2BB171 #2E2BB1 #B12B6B

square

#AEB12B #2BB171 #2E2BB1 #B12B6B

split-complementary

#AEB12B #2B6BB1 #712BB1

monochromatic

#4D4F13 #7E801F #AEB12B #CFD247 #DCDE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEB12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AEB12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB12B

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB12B	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac86f',
    500: '#aeb12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb12b;
$custom-light: #cac86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73486,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB12B

secondary

#7472C6

accent

#44E447

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB12B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →