#AEB43D#AEB43D

#AEB43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.140 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB43D
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 66.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -17.30, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 60.03, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0527 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.14 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6201, 41.9789, 10.6930)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB43D #433DB4

analogous

#B47E3D #AEB43D #73B43D

triadic

#AEB43D #3DAEB4 #B43DAE

tetradic

#AEB43D #3DB47E #433DB4 #B43D73

square

#AEB43D #3DB47E #433DB4 #B43D73

split-complementary

#AEB43D #3D73B4 #7E3DB4

monochromatic

#56591E #82862E #AEB43D #C5CA64 #D6DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#AEB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB43D

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB43D	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.140 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca79',
    500: '#aeb43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb43d;
$custom-light: #c9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.025,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74281,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB43D

secondary

#8B88C5

accent

#4FD956

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB43D

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

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