#AEB843#AEB843

#AEB843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB843
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 67)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -18.93, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 59.33, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0566 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.14 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6101, 43.6856, 11.8654)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB843 #4D43B8

analogous

#B88843 #AEB843 #74B843

triadic

#AEB843 #43AEB8 #B843AE

tetradic

#AEB843 #43B888 #4D43B8 #B84374

square

#AEB843 #43B888 #4D43B8 #B84374

split-complementary

#AEB843 #4374B8 #8843B8

monochromatic

#595E22 #848B33 #AEB843 #C2CA6E #D5DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#AEB843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB843

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB843	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd7d',
    500: '#aeb843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb843;
$custom-light: #c9cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75225,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB843

secondary

#9590C7

accent

#52D65D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB843

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

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