#AEB23B#AEB23B

#AEB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.139 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB23B
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -16.40, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 59.98, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0504 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.139 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1664, 41.1561, 10.2809)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB23B #3F3BB2

analogous

#B27B3B #AEB23B #73B23B

triadic

#AEB23B #3BAEB2 #B23BAE

tetradic

#AEB23B #3BB27B #3F3BB2 #B23B73

square

#AEB23B #3BB27B #3F3BB2 #B23B73

split-complementary

#AEB23B #3B73B2 #7B3BB2

monochromatic

#54561D #81842C #AEB23B #C7CA60 #D7DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB23B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB23B	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#C0AA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.139 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c878',
    500: '#aeb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb23b;
$custom-light: #c9c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB23B

secondary

#8785C4

accent

#4EDA53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB23B

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

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