#AEB449#AEB449

#AEB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.130 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB449
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -16.49, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 55.02, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0491 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.13 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9803, 42.1230, 12.5899)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB449 #4F49B4

analogous

#B48449 #AEB449 #79B449

triadic

#AEB449 #49AEB4 #B449AE

tetradic

#AEB449 #49B484 #4F49B4 #B44979

square

#AEB449 #49B484 #4F49B4 #B44979

split-complementary

#AEB449 #4979B4 #8449B4

monochromatic

#5A5D26 #848837 #AEB449 #C2C774 #D5D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#AEB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB449

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB449	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.130 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca80',
    500: '#aeb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb449;
$custom-light: #c9ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.364,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74392,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB449

secondary

#9794C5

accent

#56D25D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB449

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

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