#AEB849#AEB849

#AEB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB849
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -18.52, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 56.81, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0548 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.135 114)
XYZ	xyz(35.7995, 43.7613, 12.8629)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB849 #5349B8

analogous

#B88A49 #AEB849 #77B849

triadic

#AEB849 #49AEB8 #B849AE

tetradic

#AEB849 #49B88A #5349B8 #B84977

square

#AEB849 #49B88A #5349B8 #B84977

split-complementary

#AEB849 #4977B8 #8A49B8

monochromatic

#5C6126 #858D37 #AEB849 #C2C975 #D5DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AEB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#AEB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB849

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB849	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd80',
    500: '#aeb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb849;
$custom-light: #c9cd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.405,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.43761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB849

secondary

#9A96C7

accent

#54D460

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB849

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

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