#AEBA2C#AEBA2C

#AEBA2C 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	#AEBA2C
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -21.18, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 68.49, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0651 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.157 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4701, 44.2990, 9.0644)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA2C #382CBA

analogous

#BA7F2C #AEBA2C #67BA2C

triadic

#AEBA2C #2CAEBA #BA2CAE

tetradic

#AEBA2C #2CBA7F #382CBA #BA2C67

square

#AEBA2C #2CBA7F #382CBA #BA2C67

split-complementary

#AEBA2C #2C67BA #7F2CBA

monochromatic

#515715 #808920 #AEBA2C #CAD54E #D9E180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AEBA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA2C

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA2C	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)

#C8B104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.157 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace71',
    500: '#aeba2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba2c;
$custom-light: #cace71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA2C

secondary

#7F78CA

accent

#43E551

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA2C

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

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