#AEB242#AEB242

#AEB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB242
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -15.97, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 57.14, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0484 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.134 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3603, 41.2336, 11.3021)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB242 #4642B2

analogous

#B27E42 #AEB242 #76B242

triadic

#AEB242 #42AEB2 #B242AE

tetradic

#AEB242 #42B27E #4642B2 #B24276

square

#AEB242 #42B27E #4642B2 #B24276

split-complementary

#AEB242 #4276B2 #7E42B2

monochromatic

#575921 #828531 #AEB242 #C4C86A #D6D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#AEB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB242

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB242	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c87c',
    500: '#aeb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb242;
$custom-light: #c9c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB242

secondary

#8E8CC4

accent

#52D657

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB242

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

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