#AEB43B#AEB43B

#AEB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.141 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB43B
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 67.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -17.42, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 60.81, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0532 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.141 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5673, 41.9577, 10.4146)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB43B #413BB4

analogous

#B47E3B #AEB43B #72B43B

triadic

#AEB43B #3BAEB4 #B43BAE

tetradic

#AEB43B #3BB47E #413BB4 #B43B72

square

#AEB43B #3BB47E #413BB4 #B43B72

split-complementary

#AEB43B #3B72B4 #7E3BB4

monochromatic

#55581D #81862C #AEB43B #C6CB61 #D7DA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#AEB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB43B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB43B	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.141 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca78',
    500: '#aeb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb43b;
$custom-light: #c9ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74264,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB43B

secondary

#8986C5

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB43B

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

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