#AEB050#AEB050

#AEB050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB050
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 54.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -13.90, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 50.08, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0411 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.119 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4297, 40.6293, 13.6164)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB050 #5250B0

analogous

#B08250 #AEB050 #7EB050

triadic

#AEB050 #50AEB0 #B050AE

tetradic

#AEB050 #50B082 #5250B0 #B0507E

square

#AEB050 #50B082 #5250B0 #B0507E

split-complementary

#AEB050 #507EB0 #8250B0

monochromatic

#5B5C2A #85863D #AEB050 #C2C37A #D5D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AEB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB050

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB050	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c784',
    500: '#aeb050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb050;
$custom-light: #c8c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73583,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB050

secondary

#9998C3

accent

#5ACE5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB050

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

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