#AEB540#AEB540

#AEB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.139 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB540
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -17.62, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 59.25, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0533 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.139 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9058, 42.4173, 11.1981)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB540 #4740B5

analogous

#B58140 #AEB540 #73B540

triadic

#AEB540 #40AEB5 #B540AE

tetradic

#AEB540 #40B581 #4740B5 #B54073

square

#AEB540 #40B581 #4740B5 #B54073

split-complementary

#AEB540 #4073B5 #8140B5

monochromatic

#575B20 #838830 #AEB540 #C4CA68 #D6DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#AEB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB540

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB540	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.139 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb7b',
    500: '#aeb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb540;
$custom-light: #c9cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.59,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74529,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB540

secondary

#8F8BC5

accent

#50D759

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB540

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

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