#AEBA3B#AEBA3B

#AEBA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.148 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA3B
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -20.43, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 63.34, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0616 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.148 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8048, 44.4329, 10.8271)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA3B #473BBA

analogous

#BA863B #AEBA3B #6FBA3B

triadic

#AEBA3B #3BAEBA #BA3BAE

tetradic

#AEBA3B #3BBA86 #473BBA #BA3B6F

square

#AEBA3B #3BBA86 #473BBA #BA3B6F

split-complementary

#AEBA3B #3B6FBA #863BBA

monochromatic

#575D1E #838C2C #AEBA3B #C4CE64 #D6DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEBA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#AEBA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA3B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA3B	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.148 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce78',
    500: '#aeba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba3b;
$custom-light: #c9ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.669,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA3B

secondary

#8F89C8

accent

#4DDB5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA3B

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

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