#AEB740#AEB740

#AEB740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.141 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB740
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -18.63, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 60.11, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0561 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.141 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3154, 43.2365, 11.3346)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB740 #4940B7

analogous

#B78440 #AEB740 #72B740

triadic

#AEB740 #40AEB7 #B740AE

tetradic

#AEB740 #40B784 #4940B7 #B74072

square

#AEB740 #40B784 #4940B7 #B74072

split-complementary

#AEB740 #4072B7 #8440B7

monochromatic

#585C20 #838A30 #AEB740 #C3CB69 #D5DB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#AEB740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB740

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB740	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc7b',
    500: '#aeb740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb740;
$custom-light: #c9cc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.538,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74975,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB740

secondary

#918DC6

accent

#50D85A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB740

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

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