#AEB23C#AEB23C

#AEB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB23C
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 66.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -16.34, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 59.59, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0501 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.138 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1926, 41.1665, 10.4188)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB23C #403CB2

analogous

#B27B3C #AEB23C #73B23C

triadic

#AEB23C #3CAEB2 #B23CAE

tetradic

#AEB23C #3CB27B #403CB2 #B23C73

square

#AEB23C #3CB27B #403CB2 #B23C73

split-complementary

#AEB23C #3C73B2 #7B3CB2

monochromatic

#55561D #81842D #AEB23C #C6CA61 #D7D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB23C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB23C	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)

#BFAA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c878',
    500: '#aeb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb23c;
$custom-light: #c9c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73827,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB23C

secondary

#8886C4

accent

#4FD953

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB23C

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

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