#AEB542#AEB542

#AEB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB542
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -17.49, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 58.43, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0527 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.137 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9637, 42.4405, 11.5032)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB542 #4942B5

analogous

#B58242 #AEB542 #74B542

triadic

#AEB542 #42AEB5 #B542AE

tetradic

#AEB542 #42B582 #4942B5 #B54274

square

#AEB542 #42B582 #4942B5 #B54274

split-complementary

#AEB542 #4274B5 #8242B5

monochromatic

#585B21 #838832 #AEB542 #C3C96B #D5D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AEB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB542

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB542	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)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb7c',
    500: '#aeb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb542;
$custom-light: #c9cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.652,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB542

secondary

#918EC5

accent

#52D65A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB542

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

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