#AEB941#AEB941

#AEB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB941
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -19.57, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 60.58, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0586 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.142 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7596, 44.0789, 11.6243)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB941 #4C41B9

analogous

#B98841 #AEB941 #72B941

triadic

#AEB941 #41AEB9 #B941AE

tetradic

#AEB941 #41B988 #4C41B9 #B94172

square

#AEB941 #41B988 #4C41B9 #B94172

split-complementary

#AEB941 #4172B9 #8841B9

monochromatic

#595E21 #838C31 #AEB941 #C3CB6C #D5DB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#AEB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB941

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB941	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd7c',
    500: '#aeb941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb941;
$custom-light: #c9cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75431,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB941

secondary

#948FC7

accent

#50D85D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB941

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

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