#AEB23A#AEB23A

#AEB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.140 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB23A
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 67.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -16.46, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 60.37, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0506 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.14 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1407, 41.1458, 10.1457)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB23A #3E3AB2

analogous

#B27A3A #AEB23A #72B23A

triadic

#AEB23A #3AAEB2 #B23AAE

tetradic

#AEB23A #3AB27A #3E3AB2 #B23A72

square

#AEB23A #3AB27A #3E3AB2 #B23A72

split-complementary

#AEB23A #3A72B2 #7A3AB2

monochromatic

#54561C #81842B #AEB23A #C7CB5F #D7DA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB23A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB23A	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.140 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c877',
    500: '#aeb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb23a;
$custom-light: #c9c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB23A

secondary

#8683C4

accent

#4DDA52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB23A

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

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