#AEB23D#AEB23D

#AEB23D 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 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB23D
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -16.28, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 59.19, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0498 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.138 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2193, 41.1772, 10.5594)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB23D #413DB2

analogous

#B27C3D #AEB23D #74B23D

triadic

#AEB23D #3DAEB2 #B23DAE

tetradic

#AEB23D #3DB27C #413DB2 #B23D74

square

#AEB23D #3DB27C #413DB2 #B23D74

split-complementary

#AEB23D #3D74B2 #7C3DB2

monochromatic

#55571E #81842D #AEB23D #C6C963 #D7D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AEB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB23D

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB23D	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c879',
    500: '#aeb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb23d;
$custom-light: #c9c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73836,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB23D

secondary

#8987C4

accent

#4FD954

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB23D

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

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