#AEB223#AEB223

#AEB223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.153 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB223
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -17.51, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 68.04, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0556 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.153 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6805, 40.9617, 7.7220)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB223 #2723B2

analogous

#B26F23 #AEB223 #67B223

triadic

#AEB223 #23AEB2 #B223AE

tetradic

#AEB223 #23B26F #2723B2 #B22367

square

#AEB223 #23B26F #2723B2 #B22367

split-complementary

#AEB223 #2367B2 #6F23B2

monochromatic

#4A4C0F #7C7F19 #AEB223 #D4D83A #DFE26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#AEB223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB223

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB223	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.153 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac86c',
    500: '#aeb223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb223;
$custom-light: #cac86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73667,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB223

secondary

#6B68C9

accent

#3EEA43

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB223

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

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