#AEBA2B#AEBA2B

#AEBA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.157 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA2B
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -21.22, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 68.79, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0653 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.157 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4516, 44.2916, 8.9666)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA2B #372BBA

analogous

#BA7F2B #AEBA2B #67BA2B

triadic

#AEBA2B #2BAEBA #BA2BAE

tetradic

#AEBA2B #2BBA7F #372BBA #BA2B67

square

#AEBA2B #2BBA7F #372BBA #BA2B67

split-complementary

#AEBA2B #2B67BA #7F2BBA

monochromatic

#515714 #7F8820 #AEBA2B #CAD64C #D9E17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AEBA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA2B

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA2B	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)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.157 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace71',
    500: '#aeba2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba2b;
$custom-light: #cace71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.755,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA2B

secondary

#7E77CA

accent

#42E650

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA2B

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

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