#AEB251#AEB251

#AEB251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.121 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB251
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -14.84, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 50.52, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0436 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.121 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8620, 41.4343, 13.9441)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB251 #5551B2

analogous

#B28551 #AEB251 #7DB251

triadic

#AEB251 #51AEB2 #B251AE

tetradic

#AEB251 #51B285 #5551B2 #B2517D

square

#AEB251 #51B285 #5551B2 #B2517D

split-complementary

#AEB251 #517DB2 #8551B2

monochromatic

#5D5F2A #86893D #AEB251 #C2C57B #D5D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB251

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB251	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.121 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c885',
    500: '#aeb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb251;
$custom-light: #c8c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.474,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB251

secondary

#9C9AC5

accent

#59CF5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB251

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

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