#AEB52A#AEB52A

#AEB52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.153 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB52A
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -18.76, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 67.14, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0585 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.153 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3985, 42.2144, 8.5262)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB52A #312AB5

analogous

#B5762A #AEB52A #68B52A

triadic

#AEB52A #2AAEB5 #B52AAE

tetradic

#AEB52A #2AB576 #312AB5 #B52A68

square

#AEB52A #2AB576 #312AB5 #B52A68

split-complementary

#AEB52A #2A68B5 #762AB5

monochromatic

#4E5213 #7E831E #AEB52A #CDD448 #DBE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#AEB52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB52A

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB52A	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.153 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb6f',
    500: '#aeb52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb52a;
$custom-light: #cacb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB52A

secondary

#7773C8

accent

#42E54B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB52A

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

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