#AEB42E#AEB42E

#AEB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.150 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB42E
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -18.09, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 65.48, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0563 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.15 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2711, 41.8393, 8.8547)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB42E #342EB4

analogous

#B4772E #AEB42E #6BB42E

triadic

#AEB42E #2EAEB4 #B42EAE

tetradic

#AEB42E #2EB477 #342EB4 #B42E6B

square

#AEB42E #2EB477 #342EB4 #B42E6B

split-complementary

#AEB42E #2E6BB4 #772EB4

monochromatic

#505315 #7F8322 #AEB42E #CCD24E #DADE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AEB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB42E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB42E	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.150 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca71',
    500: '#aeb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb42e;
$custom-light: #caca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.687,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB42E

secondary

#7B77C7

accent

#45E24C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB42E

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

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