#AEB43C#AEB43C

#AEB43C 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	#AEB43C
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -17.36, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 60.42, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0529 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.141 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5934, 41.9682, 10.5525)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB43C #423CB4

analogous

#B47E3C #AEB43C #72B43C

triadic

#AEB43C #3CAEB4 #B43CAE

tetradic

#AEB43C #3CB47E #423CB4 #B43C72

square

#AEB43C #3CB47E #423CB4 #B43C72

split-complementary

#AEB43C #3C72B4 #7E3CB4

monochromatic

#55581D #82862D #AEB43C #C6CB62 #D6DA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#AEB43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB43C

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB43C	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)

#C1AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.141 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca78',
    500: '#aeb43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb43c;
$custom-light: #c9ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB43C

secondary

#8A87C5

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB43C

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

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