#AEB651#AEB651

#AEB651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.126 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB651
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 55.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -16.88, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 52.36, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0494 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.126 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6695, 43.0493, 14.2133)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB651 #5951B6

analogous

#B68C51 #AEB651 #7CB651

triadic

#AEB651 #51AEB6 #B651AE

tetradic

#AEB651 #51B68C #5951B6 #B6517C

square

#AEB651 #51B68C #5951B6 #B6517C

split-complementary

#AEB651 #517CB6 #8C51B6

monochromatic

#5E632A #888E3C #AEB651 #C2C87C #D6DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AEB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#AEB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB651

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB651	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.126 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb85',
    500: '#aeb651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb651;
$custom-light: #c8cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.752,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74922,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB651

secondary

#9F9BC8

accent

#57D161

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB651

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

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