#AEB273#AEB273

#AEB273 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.084 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB273
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 115)
HSL	hsl(64, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 35.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -11.34, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 33.74, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0306 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.084 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4707, 42.0778, 22.4169)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB273 #7773B2

analogous

#B29773 #AEB273 #8EB273

triadic

#AEB273 #73AEB2 #B273AE

tetradic

#AEB273 #73B297 #7773B2 #B2738E

square

#AEB273 #73B297 #7773B2 #B2738E

split-complementary

#AEB273 #738EB2 #9773B2

monochromatic

#6B6E3D #919652 #AEB273 #C5C89A #DCDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEB273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#AEB273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB273

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB273	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.084 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c99c',
    500: '#aeb273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb273;
$custom-light: #c7c99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.81,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB273

secondary

#B5B4CD

accent

#62C569

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB273

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

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