#AEB751#AEB751

#AEB751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB751
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -17.39, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 52.82, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0508 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.127 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8750, 43.4603, 14.2818)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB751 #5A51B7

analogous

#B78D51 #AEB751 #7BB751

triadic

#AEB751 #51AEB7 #B751AE

tetradic

#AEB751 #51B78D #5A51B7 #B7517B

square

#AEB751 #51B78D #5A51B7 #B7517B

split-complementary

#AEB751 #517BB7 #8D51B7

monochromatic

#5F6429 #888F3B #AEB751 #C2C97C #D6DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#AEB751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB751

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB751	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc85',
    500: '#aeb751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb751;
$custom-light: #c8cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75145,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB751

secondary

#9F9CC8

accent

#57D161

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB751

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

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