#AEB042#AEB042

#AEB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB042
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -14.94, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 56.30, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0455 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.132 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9653, 40.4436, 11.1704)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB042 #4442B0

analogous

#B07B42 #AEB042 #77B042

triadic

#AEB042 #42AEB0 #B042AE

tetradic

#AEB042 #42B07B #4442B0 #B04277

square

#AEB042 #42B07B #4442B0 #B04277

split-complementary

#AEB042 #4277B0 #7B42B0

monochromatic

#565721 #828331 #AEB042 #C5C769 #D6D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AEB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB042

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB042	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c77c',
    500: '#aeb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb042;
$custom-light: #c9c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73436,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB042

secondary

#8C8BC3

accent

#53D555

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB042

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

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