#AEB049#AEB049

#AEB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB049
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -14.45, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 53.26, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0434 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.126 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1844, 40.5312, 12.3246)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB049 #4B49B0

analogous

#B07F49 #AEB049 #7BB049

triadic

#AEB049 #49AEB0 #B049AE

tetradic

#AEB049 #49B07F #4B49B0 #B0497B

square

#AEB049 #49B07F #4B49B0 #B0497B

split-complementary

#AEB049 #497BB0 #7F49B0

monochromatic

#585925 #838537 #AEB049 #C3C472 #D5D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AEB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB049

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB049	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c780',
    500: '#aeb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb049;
$custom-light: #c9c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.165,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73506,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB049

secondary

#9392C3

accent

#57D159

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB049

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

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