#AEB850#AEB850

#AEB850 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB850
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -17.98, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 53.74, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0526 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.129 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0448, 43.8594, 14.1548)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB850 #5A50B8

analogous

#B88E50 #AEB850 #7AB850

triadic

#AEB850 #50AEB8 #B850AE

tetradic

#AEB850 #50B88E #5A50B8 #B8507A

square

#AEB850 #50B88E #5A50B8 #B8507A

split-complementary

#AEB850 #507AB8 #8E50B8

monochromatic

#5F6529 #88903B #AEB850 #C2CA7C #D6DBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AEB850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#AEB850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB850

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB850	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd85',
    500: '#aeb850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb850;
$custom-light: #c8cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB850

secondary

#9F9BC9

accent

#56D262

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB850

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

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