#AEB549#AEB549

#AEB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.131 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB549
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -17.00, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 55.46, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0506 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.131 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1829, 42.5282, 12.6574)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB549 #5049B5

analogous

#B58649 #AEB549 #78B549

triadic

#AEB549 #49AEB5 #B549AE

tetradic

#AEB549 #49B586 #5049B5 #B54978

square

#AEB549 #49B586 #5049B5 #B54978

split-complementary

#AEB549 #4978B5 #8649B5

monochromatic

#5A5E26 #848937 #AEB549 #C2C774 #D5D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#AEB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB549

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB549	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.131 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb80',
    500: '#aeb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb549;
$custom-light: #c9cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74614,
    "c": 0.13147,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB549

secondary

#9894C5

accent

#55D25E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB549

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

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