#AEB949#AEB949

#AEB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB949
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -19.02, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 57.26, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0563 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.136 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0079, 44.1782, 12.9324)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB949 #5449B9

analogous

#B98C49 #AEB949 #76B949

triadic

#AEB949 #49AEB9 #B949AE

tetradic

#AEB949 #49B98C #5449B9 #B94976

square

#AEB949 #49B98C #5449B9 #B94976

split-complementary

#AEB949 #4976B9 #8C49B9

monochromatic

#5C6226 #868E37 #AEB949 #C2CA75 #D5DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#AEB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB949

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB949	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd80',
    500: '#aeb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb949;
$custom-light: #c9cd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.893,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB949

secondary

#9B96C8

accent

#54D460

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB949

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

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