#AEB23E#AEB23E
#AEB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEB23E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 178, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 48%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 65%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 65.2%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.31, -16.22, 56.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.31, 58.79, 106.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.84% -0.0496 0.1276) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.84% 0.137 111.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.2465, 41.1881, 10.7026) |
| Luminance | 0.4119 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.07
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.68
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.73
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.84
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.03
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 5.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEB23E #423EB2
analogous
#B27C3E #AEB23E #74B23E
triadic
#AEB23E #3EAEB2 #B23EAE
tetradic
#AEB23E #3EB27C #423EB2 #B23E74
square
#AEB23E #3EB27C #423EB2 #B23E74
split-complementary
#AEB23E #3E74B2 #7C3EB2
monochromatic
#55571E #82852E #AEB23E #C6C964 #D6D992
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#AEB23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.24
#AEB23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEB23E
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEB23E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEB23E | 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)
#BFAA2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AD46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAA79A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aeb23e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 111.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9c879',
500: '#aeb23e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aeb23e; $custom-light: #c9c879; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aeb23e",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 178,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.069,
"s": 48.333,
"l": 47.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73844,
"c": 0.13691,
"h": 111.2
},
"luminance": 0.41187
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEB23E
secondary
#8A88C4
accent
#50D855
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8EE
border
#D2D1C9
text
#141309
muted
#82827B