#AEBA2D#AEBA2D

#AEBA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.156 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA2D
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -21.13, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 68.18, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0649 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.156 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4892, 44.3066, 9.1646)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA2D #392DBA

analogous

#BA7F2D #AEBA2D #68BA2D

triadic

#AEBA2D #2DAEBA #BA2DAE

tetradic

#AEBA2D #2DBA7F #392DBA #BA2D68

square

#AEBA2D #2DBA7F #392DBA #BA2D68

split-complementary

#AEBA2D #2D68BA #7F2DBA

monochromatic

#525715 #808921 #AEBA2D #C9D550 #D8E081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AEBA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA2D

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA2D	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)

#C8B108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.156 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace71',
    500: '#aeba2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba2d;
$custom-light: #cace71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75512,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA2D

secondary

#8079C9

accent

#44E451

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA2D

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

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