#AEB840#AEB840

#AEB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.142 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB840
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -19.13, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 60.54, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0575 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.142 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5224, 43.6505, 11.4036)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB840 #4A40B8

analogous

#B88640 #AEB840 #72B840

triadic

#AEB840 #40AEB8 #B840AE

tetradic

#AEB840 #40B886 #4A40B8 #B84072

square

#AEB840 #40B886 #4A40B8 #B84072

split-complementary

#AEB840 #4072B8 #8640B8

monochromatic

#585D20 #838B30 #AEB840 #C3CB6A #D5DB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#AEB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB840

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB840	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd7b',
    500: '#aeb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb840;
$custom-light: #c9cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75199,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB840

secondary

#928DC7

accent

#50D85B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB840

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

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