#AEB249#AEB249

#AEB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB249
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -15.47, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 54.14, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0463 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.128 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5795, 41.3213, 12.4563)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB249 #4D49B2

analogous

#B28249 #AEB249 #7AB249

triadic

#AEB249 #49AEB2 #B249AE

tetradic

#AEB249 #49B282 #4D49B2 #B2497A

square

#AEB249 #49B282 #4D49B2 #B2497A

split-complementary

#AEB249 #497AB2 #8249B2

monochromatic

#595B25 #848737 #AEB249 #C2C573 #D5D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB249

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB249	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c880',
    500: '#aeb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb249;
$custom-light: #c9c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.286,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73948,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB249

secondary

#9593C4

accent

#56D25B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB249

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

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