#AEB442#AEB442

#AEB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.136 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB442
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -16.98, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 58.00, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0513 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.136 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7611, 42.0353, 11.4357)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB442 #4842B4

analogous

#B48142 #AEB442 #75B442

triadic

#AEB442 #42AEB4 #B442AE

tetradic

#AEB442 #42B481 #4842B4 #B44275

square

#AEB442 #42B481 #4842B4 #B44275

split-complementary

#AEB442 #4275B4 #8142B4

monochromatic

#575A21 #838732 #AEB442 #C4C96B #D6D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#AEB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB442

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB442	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca7c',
    500: '#aeb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb442;
$custom-light: #c9ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB442

secondary

#908DC5

accent

#52D659

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB442

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

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