#AEB42B#AEB42B

#AEB42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.151 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB42B
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -18.22, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 66.45, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0569 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.151 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2140, 41.8164, 8.5541)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB42B #312BB4

analogous

#B4752B #AEB42B #69B42B

triadic

#AEB42B #2BAEB4 #B42BAE

tetradic

#AEB42B #2BB475 #312BB4 #B42B69

square

#AEB42B #2BB475 #312BB4 #B42B69

split-complementary

#AEB42B #2B69B4 #752BB4

monochromatic

#4E5113 #7E831F #AEB42B #CDD349 #DBDF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AEB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB42B

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB42B	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.151 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca70',
    500: '#aeb42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb42b;
$custom-light: #caca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74155,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB42B

secondary

#7773C7

accent

#43E54A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB42B

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

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