#AEB12D#AEB12D

#AEB12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.147 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB12D
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -16.61, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 64.65, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0523 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.147 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6525, 40.6333, 8.5524)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB12D #302DB1

analogous

#B1722D #AEB12D #6CB12D

triadic

#AEB12D #2DAEB1 #B12DAE

tetradic

#AEB12D #2DB172 #302DB1 #B12D6C

square

#AEB12D #2DB172 #302DB1 #B12D6C

split-complementary

#AEB12D #2D6CB1 #722DB1

monochromatic

#4E4F14 #7E8021 #AEB12D #CED14A #DBDD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEB12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AEB12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB12D

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB12D	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)

#BFA90F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.147 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac870',
    500: '#aeb12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb12d;
$custom-light: #cac870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB12D

secondary

#7674C6

accent

#45E349

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB12D

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

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