#AEB040#AEB040

#AEB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.133 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB040
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -15.08, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 57.13, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0461 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.133 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9073, 40.4204, 10.8653)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB040 #4240B0

analogous

#B07A40 #AEB040 #76B040

triadic

#AEB040 #40AEB0 #B040AE

tetradic

#AEB040 #40B07A #4240B0 #B04076

square

#AEB040 #40B07A #4240B0 #B04076

split-complementary

#AEB040 #4076B0 #7A40B0

monochromatic

#55561F #828330 #AEB040 #C6C766 #D6D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AEB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB040

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB040	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.133 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c77a',
    500: '#aeb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb040;
$custom-light: #c9c77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73418,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB040

secondary

#8A89C3

accent

#51D654

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB040

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

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