#AEB250#AEB250

#AEB250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.122 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB250
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -14.93, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 50.98, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.044 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.122 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8247, 41.4194, 13.7481)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB250 #5450B2

analogous

#B28550 #AEB250 #7DB250

triadic

#AEB250 #50AEB2 #B250AE

tetradic

#AEB250 #50B285 #5450B2 #B2507D

square

#AEB250 #50B285 #5450B2 #B2507D

split-complementary

#AEB250 #507DB2 #8550B2

monochromatic

#5C5E29 #86893C #AEB250 #C2C57A #D5D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#AEB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB250

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB250	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c884',
    500: '#aeb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb250;
$custom-light: #c8c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74025,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB250

secondary

#9B99C5

accent

#59CF5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB250

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

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