#AEB53D#AEB53D

#AEB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.141 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB53D
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -17.81, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 60.45, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0541 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.141 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8227, 42.3841, 10.7605)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB53D #443DB5

analogous

#B5803D #AEB53D #72B53D

triadic

#AEB53D #3DAEB5 #B53DAE

tetradic

#AEB53D #3DB580 #443DB5 #B53D72

square

#AEB53D #3DB580 #443DB5 #B53D72

split-complementary

#AEB53D #3D72B5 #803DB5

monochromatic

#56591E #82872E #AEB53D #C5CB64 #D6DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#AEB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB53D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB53D	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.141 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb79',
    500: '#aeb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb53d;
$custom-light: #c9cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB53D

secondary

#8C88C5

accent

#4FD957

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB53D

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

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