#AEAB48#AEAB48

#AEAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB48
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -11.94, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 51.58, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0364 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.121 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1892, 38.5933, 11.8306)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB48 #484BAE

analogous

#AE7848 #AEAB48 #7EAE48

triadic

#AEAB48 #48AEAB #AB48AE

tetradic

#AEAB48 #48AE78 #484BAE #AE487E

square

#AEAB48 #48AE78 #484BAE #AE487E

split-complementary

#AEAB48 #487EAE #7848AE

monochromatic

#575624 #838036 #AEAB48 #C4C170 #D6D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AEAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB48

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB48	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37f',
    500: '#aeab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab48;
$custom-light: #c9c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72394,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB48

secondary

#9091C2

accent

#5AD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB48

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

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