#AEB233#AEB233

#AEB233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.144 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB233
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 71.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -16.84, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 62.98, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0524 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.144 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9746, 41.0794, 9.2707)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB233 #3733B2

analogous

#B27733 #AEB233 #6EB233

triadic

#AEB233 #33AEB2 #B233AE

tetradic

#AEB233 #33B277 #3733B2 #B2336E

square

#AEB233 #33B277 #3733B2 #B2336E

split-complementary

#AEB233 #336EB2 #7733B2

monochromatic

#515318 #7F8225 #AEB233 #CACE54 #D9DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB233

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB233	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.144 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac873',
    500: '#aeb233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb233;
$custom-light: #cac873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.89,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73759,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB233

secondary

#7E7CC5

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB233

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

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