#AEB541#AEB541

#AEB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.138 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB541
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -17.55, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 58.84, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.053 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.138 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9345, 42.4288, 11.3493)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB541 #4841B5

analogous

#B58241 #AEB541 #74B541

triadic

#AEB541 #41AEB5 #B541AE

tetradic

#AEB541 #41B582 #4841B5 #B54174

square

#AEB541 #41B582 #4841B5 #B54174

split-complementary

#AEB541 #4174B5 #8241B5

monochromatic

#575B21 #838831 #AEB541 #C4C96A #D6DA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AEB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB541

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB541	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.138 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb7b',
    500: '#aeb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb541;
$custom-light: #c9cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.621,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74538,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB541

secondary

#908CC5

accent

#51D759

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB541

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

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