#AEBA2A#AEBA2A

#AEBA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.158 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA2A
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -21.26, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 69.09, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0654 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.158 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4335, 44.2843, 8.8712)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA2A #362ABA

analogous

#BA7E2A #AEBA2A #66BA2A

triadic

#AEBA2A #2AAEBA #BA2AAE

tetradic

#AEBA2A #2ABA7E #362ABA #BA2A66

square

#AEBA2A #2ABA7E #362ABA #BA2A66

split-complementary

#AEBA2A #2A66BA #7E2ABA

monochromatic

#515613 #7F881F #AEBA2A #CBD64B #D9E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AEBA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA2A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA2A	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.158 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace70',
    500: '#aeba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba2a;
$custom-light: #cace70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA2A

secondary

#7D76CA

accent

#42E64F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA2A

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

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