#AEB349#AEB349

#AEB349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB349
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -15.98, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 54.58, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0477 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.129 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7791, 41.7207, 12.5228)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB349 #4E49B3

analogous

#B38349 #AEB349 #79B349

triadic

#AEB349 #49AEB3 #B349AE

tetradic

#AEB349 #49B383 #4E49B3 #B34979

square

#AEB349 #49B383 #4E49B3 #B34979

split-complementary

#AEB349 #4979B3 #8349B3

monochromatic

#595C26 #848837 #AEB349 #C2C673 #D5D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEB349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AEB349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB349

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB349	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c980',
    500: '#aeb349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb349;
$custom-light: #c9c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.83,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB349

secondary

#9693C4

accent

#56D25C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB349

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

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