#AEB642#AEB642

#AEB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB642
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -17.99, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 58.86, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0541 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.138 113)
XYZ	xyz(35.1678, 42.8486, 11.5712)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB642 #4A42B6

analogous

#B68442 #AEB642 #74B642

triadic

#AEB642 #42AEB6 #B642AE

tetradic

#AEB642 #42B684 #4A42B6 #B64274

square

#AEB642 #42B684 #4A42B6 #B64274

split-complementary

#AEB642 #4274B6 #8442B6

monochromatic

#585C21 #838932 #AEB642 #C3CA6C #D5DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AEB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#AEB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB642

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB642	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb7c',
    500: '#aeb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb642;
$custom-light: #c9cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB642

secondary

#928EC6

accent

#51D65B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB642

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

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