#AEB72C#AEB72C

#AEB72C 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	#AEB72C
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -19.68, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 67.30, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0609 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.154 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8448, 43.0483, 8.8560)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB72C #352CB7

analogous

#B77B2C #AEB72C #69B72C

triadic

#AEB72C #2CAEB7 #B72CAE

tetradic

#AEB72C #2CB77B #352CB7 #B72C69

square

#AEB72C #2CB77B #352CB7 #B72C69

split-complementary

#AEB72C #2C69B7 #7B2CB7

monochromatic

#505414 #7F8620 #AEB72C #CBD44C #DAE07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AEB72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#AEB72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB72C

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB72C	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)

#C5AE07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.154 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacc71',
    500: '#aeb72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb72c;
$custom-light: #cacc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.885,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.15374,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB72C

secondary

#7C76C8

accent

#43E44E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB72C

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

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