#AEB649#AEB649

#AEB649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB649
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -17.51, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 55.91, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.052 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.133 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3870, 42.9363, 12.7254)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB649 #5149B6

analogous

#B68849 #AEB649 #77B649

triadic

#AEB649 #49AEB6 #B649AE

tetradic

#AEB649 #49B688 #5149B6 #B64977

square

#AEB649 #49B688 #5149B6 #B64977

split-complementary

#AEB649 #4977B6 #8849B6

monochromatic

#5A5F26 #848A37 #AEB649 #C1C875 #D5D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AEB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#AEB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB649

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB649	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb80',
    500: '#aeb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb649;
$custom-light: #c9cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.404,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74836,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB649

secondary

#9995C6

accent

#55D35E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB649

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

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