#AEB53B#AEB53B

#AEB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.142 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB53B
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -17.92, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 61.23, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0546 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.142 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7699, 42.3630, 10.4821)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB53B #423BB5

analogous

#B57F3B #AEB53B #71B53B

triadic

#AEB53B #3BAEB5 #B53BAE

tetradic

#AEB53B #3BB57F #423BB5 #B53B71

square

#AEB53B #3BB57F #423BB5 #B53B71

split-complementary

#AEB53B #3B71B5 #7F3BB5

monochromatic

#55591D #82872C #AEB53B #C6CC62 #D6DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AEB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB53B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB53B	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.142 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb78',
    500: '#aeb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb53b;
$custom-light: #c9cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.443,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74487,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB53B

secondary

#8A86C6

accent

#4DDA56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB53B

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

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