#AEB841#AEB841

#AEB841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.141 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB841
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -19.07, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 60.14, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0572 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.141 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5511, 43.6620, 11.5548)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB841 #4B41B8

analogous

#B88741 #AEB841 #73B841

triadic

#AEB841 #41AEB8 #B841AE

tetradic

#AEB841 #41B887 #4B41B8 #B84173

square

#AEB841 #41B887 #4B41B8 #B84173

split-complementary

#AEB841 #4173B8 #8741B8

monochromatic

#585E21 #838B31 #AEB841 #C3CB6B #D5DB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#AEB841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB841

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB841	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)

#C5AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.141 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd7c',
    500: '#aeb841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb841;
$custom-light: #c9cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.042,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75207,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB841

secondary

#938EC7

accent

#50D75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB841

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

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