#AEB742#AEB742

#AEB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB742
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -18.50, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 59.30, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0555 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.139 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3733, 43.2597, 11.6397)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB742 #4B42B7

analogous

#B78642 #AEB742 #74B742

triadic

#AEB742 #42AEB7 #B742AE

tetradic

#AEB742 #42B786 #4B42B7 #B74274

square

#AEB742 #42B786 #4B42B7 #B74274

split-complementary

#AEB742 #4274B7 #8642B7

monochromatic

#585D22 #838A32 #AEB742 #C3CA6C #D5DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#AEB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB742

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB742	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc7c',
    500: '#aeb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb742;
$custom-light: #c9cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74993,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB742

secondary

#938FC6

accent

#51D75B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB742

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

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