#AEB940#AEB940

#AEB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.143 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB940
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -19.63, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 60.98, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0589 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.143 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7308, 44.0674, 11.4731)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB940 #4B40B9

analogous

#B98840 #AEB940 #72B940

triadic

#AEB940 #40AEB9 #B940AE

tetradic

#AEB940 #40B988 #4B40B9 #B94072

square

#AEB940 #40B988 #4B40B9 #B94072

split-complementary

#AEB940 #4072B9 #8840B9

monochromatic

#585E21 #838C30 #AEB940 #C3CC6B #D5DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#AEB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB940

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB940	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.143 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd7b',
    500: '#aeb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb940;
$custom-light: #c9cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB940

secondary

#938EC7

accent

#50D85C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB940

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

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