#AEB342#AEB342

#AEB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB342
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -16.48, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 57.57, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0498 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.135 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5600, 41.6330, 11.3686)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB342 #4742B3

analogous

#B37F42 #AEB342 #75B342

triadic

#AEB342 #42AEB3 #B342AE

tetradic

#AEB342 #42B37F #4742B3 #B34275

square

#AEB342 #42B37F #4742B3 #B34275

split-complementary

#AEB342 #4275B3 #7F42B3

monochromatic

#575A21 #838632 #AEB342 #C4C86A #D6D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#AEB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB342

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB342	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c97c',
    500: '#aeb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb342;
$custom-light: #c9c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.655,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB342

secondary

#8F8CC4

accent

#52D658

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB342

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

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