#AEB842#AEB842

#AEB842 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	#AEB842
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -19.00, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 59.74, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0569 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.141 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5803, 43.6737, 11.7087)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB842 #4C42B8

analogous

#B88742 #AEB842 #73B842

triadic

#AEB842 #42AEB8 #B842AE

tetradic

#AEB842 #42B887 #4C42B8 #B84273

square

#AEB842 #42B887 #4C42B8 #B84273

split-complementary

#AEB842 #4273B8 #8742B8

monochromatic

#595E22 #838B32 #AEB842 #C3CB6D #D5DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#AEB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB842

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB842	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)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.141 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd7c',
    500: '#aeb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb842;
$custom-light: #c9cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75216,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB842

secondary

#948FC7

accent

#51D75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB842

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

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