#AEB53C#AEB53C

#AEB53C 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	#AEB53C
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -17.87, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 60.84, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0544 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.142 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7960, 42.3734, 10.6200)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB53C #433CB5

analogous

#B5803C #AEB53C #72B53C

triadic

#AEB53C #3CAEB5 #B53CAE

tetradic

#AEB53C #3CB580 #433CB5 #B53C72

square

#AEB53C #3CB580 #433CB5 #B53C72

split-complementary

#AEB53C #3C72B5 #803CB5

monochromatic

#56591E #82872D #AEB53C #C5CB63 #D6DB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AEB53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB53C

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB53C	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)

#C2AD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.142 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb79',
    500: '#aeb53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb53c;
$custom-light: #c9cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.471,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74495,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB53C

secondary

#8B87C6

accent

#4EDA56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB53C

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

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