#AEB241#AEB241

#AEB241 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	#AEB241
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -16.03, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 57.56, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0487 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.135 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3311, 41.2219, 11.1482)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB241 #4541B2

analogous

#B27E41 #AEB241 #75B241

triadic

#AEB241 #41AEB2 #B241AE

tetradic

#AEB241 #41B27E #4541B2 #B24175

square

#AEB241 #41B27E #4541B2 #B24175

split-complementary

#AEB241 #4175B2 #7E41B2

monochromatic

#565820 #828531 #AEB241 #C5C868 #D6D895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AEB241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB241

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB241	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c87b',
    500: '#aeb241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb241;
$custom-light: #c9c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB241

secondary

#8D8BC4

accent

#52D656

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB241

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

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