#AEB72B#AEB72B

#AEB72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.154 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB72B
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -19.72, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 67.61, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0611 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.154 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8262, 43.0408, 8.7582)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB72B #342BB7

analogous

#B77A2B #AEB72B #68B72B

triadic

#AEB72B #2BAEB7 #B72BAE

tetradic

#AEB72B #2BB77A #342BB7 #B72B68

square

#AEB72B #2BB77A #342BB7 #B72B68

split-complementary

#AEB72B #2B68B7 #7A2BB7

monochromatic

#505414 #7F851F #AEB72B #CCD54B #DAE07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AEB72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#AEB72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB72B

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB72B	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.154 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacc70',
    500: '#aeb72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb72b;
$custom-light: #cacc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB72B

secondary

#7B75C9

accent

#43E54D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB72B

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

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