#AEB942#AEB942

#AEB942 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	#AEB942
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -19.50, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 60.18, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0583 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.142 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7888, 44.0906, 11.7782)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB942 #4D42B9

analogous

#B98942 #AEB942 #73B942

triadic

#AEB942 #42AEB9 #B942AE

tetradic

#AEB942 #42B989 #4D42B9 #B94273

square

#AEB942 #42B989 #4D42B9 #B94273

split-complementary

#AEB942 #4273B9 #8942B9

monochromatic

#595F22 #848C32 #AEB942 #C2CB6D #D5DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#AEB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB942

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB942	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)

#C6B032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd7c',
    500: '#aeb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb942;
$custom-light: #c9cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7544,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB942

secondary

#9590C7

accent

#51D75D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB942

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

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