#AEB234#AEB234
#AEB234 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 | #AEB234 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 178, 52) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 55%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 71%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 70.8%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.24, -16.79, 60.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.24, 62.62, 105.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.77% -0.0521 0.134) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.77% 0.144 111.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.9969, 41.0883, 9.3881) |
| Luminance | 0.4109 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.18
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.93
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.26
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.35
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.38
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 5.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEB234 #3834B2
analogous
#B27734 #AEB234 #6FB234
triadic
#AEB234 #34AEB2 #B234AE
tetradic
#AEB234 #34B277 #3834B2 #B2346F
square
#AEB234 #34B277 #3834B2 #B2346F
split-complementary
#AEB234 #346FB2 #7734B2
monochromatic
#515318 #808326 #AEB234 #CACE56 #D9DB85
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#AEB234 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.22
#AEB234 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEB234
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEB234 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEB234 | 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)
#C0AA1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AD3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAA799
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aeb234; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 52); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.144 111.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9c874',
500: '#aeb234',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aeb234; $custom-light: #c9c874; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aeb234",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 178,
"b": 52
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.905,
"s": 54.783,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73766,
"c": 0.14383,
"h": 111.3
},
"luminance": 0.41087
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEB234
secondary
#7F7DC5
accent
#4ADE4E
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8ED
border
#D2D1C8
text
#141309
muted
#82827B