#AEB440#AEB440

#AEB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB440
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -17.11, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 58.82, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0518 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.138 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7032, 42.0121, 11.1306)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB440 #4640B4

analogous

#B48040 #AEB440 #74B440

triadic

#AEB440 #40AEB4 #B440AE

tetradic

#AEB440 #40B480 #4640B4 #B44074

square

#AEB440 #40B480 #4640B4 #B44074

split-complementary

#AEB440 #4074B4 #8040B4

monochromatic

#575A20 #828730 #AEB440 #C4C968 #D6D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#AEB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB440

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB440	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca7b',
    500: '#aeb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb440;
$custom-light: #c9ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB440

secondary

#8E8BC5

accent

#51D758

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB440

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

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