#AEB451#AEB451

#AEB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.123 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB451
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -15.87, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 51.43, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0465 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.123 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2628, 42.2360, 14.0778)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB451 #5751B4

analogous

#B48851 #AEB451 #7CB451

triadic

#AEB451 #51AEB4 #B451AE

tetradic

#AEB451 #51B488 #5751B4 #B4517C

square

#AEB451 #51B488 #5751B4 #B4517C

split-complementary

#AEB451 #517CB4 #8851B4

monochromatic

#5E612A #878C3C #AEB451 #C2C67C #D6D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#AEB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB451

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB451	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.123 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca85',
    500: '#aeb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb451;
$custom-light: #c8ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB451

secondary

#9D9BC6

accent

#58D05F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB451

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

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