#AEB43E#AEB43E

#AEB43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.139 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB43E
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -17.24, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 59.63, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0524 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.139 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6473, 41.9898, 10.8362)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB43E #443EB4

analogous

#B47F3E #AEB43E #73B43E

triadic

#AEB43E #3EAEB4 #B43EAE

tetradic

#AEB43E #3EB47F #443EB4 #B43E73

square

#AEB43E #3EB47F #443EB4 #B43E73

split-complementary

#AEB43E #3E73B4 #7F3EB4

monochromatic

#56591F #82862E #AEB43E #C5CA65 #D6DA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#AEB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB43E

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB43E	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#C1AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.139 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca7a',
    500: '#aeb43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb43e;
$custom-light: #c9ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.051,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74289,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB43E

secondary

#8C89C5

accent

#4FD856

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB43E

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

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