#AEB551#AEB551

#AEB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.124 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB551
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -16.38, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 51.89, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.048 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.124 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4654, 42.6412, 14.1453)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB551 #5851B5

analogous

#B58A51 #AEB551 #7CB551

triadic

#AEB551 #51AEB5 #B551AE

tetradic

#AEB551 #51B58A #5851B5 #B5517C

square

#AEB551 #51B58A #5851B5 #B5517C

split-complementary

#AEB551 #517CB5 #8A51B5

monochromatic

#5E622A #878D3C #AEB551 #C2C77C #D6DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#AEB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB551

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB551	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.124 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb85',
    500: '#aeb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb551;
$custom-light: #c8cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74701,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB551

secondary

#9E9BC7

accent

#58D060

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB551

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

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