#AEB12C#AEB12C

#AEB12C 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 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB12C
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -16.66, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 64.98, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0525 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6335, 40.6257, 8.4522)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB12C #2F2CB1

analogous

#B1712C #AEB12C #6CB12C

triadic

#AEB12C #2CAEB1 #B12CAE

tetradic

#AEB12C #2CB171 #2F2CB1 #B12C6C

square

#AEB12C #2CB171 #2F2CB1 #B12C6C

split-complementary

#AEB12C #2C6CB1 #712CB1

monochromatic

#4E4F14 #7E8020 #AEB12C #CFD249 #DCDE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEB12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AEB12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB12C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB12C	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA90C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac870',
    500: '#aeb12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb12c;
$custom-light: #cac870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73491,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB12C

secondary

#7573C6

accent

#44E348

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB12C

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

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