#AEB240#AEB240

#AEB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB240
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -16.10, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 57.97, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.049 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.135 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3024, 41.2105, 10.9969)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB240 #4440B2

analogous

#B27D40 #AEB240 #75B240

triadic

#AEB240 #40AEB2 #B240AE

tetradic

#AEB240 #40B27D #4440B2 #B24075

square

#AEB240 #40B27D #4440B2 #B24075

split-complementary

#AEB240 #4075B2 #7D40B2

monochromatic

#565820 #828530 #AEB240 #C5C867 #D6D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AEB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB240

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB240	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c87b',
    500: '#aeb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb240;
$custom-light: #c9c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.105,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73862,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB240

secondary

#8C8AC4

accent

#51D756

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB240

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

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