#AEB950#AEB950

#AEB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB950
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -18.48, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 54.20, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.054 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.13 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2532, 44.2763, 14.2243)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB950 #5B50B9

analogous

#B99050 #AEB950 #7AB950

triadic

#AEB950 #50AEB9 #B950AE

tetradic

#AEB950 #50B990 #5B50B9 #B9507A

square

#AEB950 #50B990 #5B50B9 #B9507A

split-complementary

#AEB950 #507AB9 #9050B9

monochromatic

#5F6629 #88923A #AEB950 #C2CA7C #D6DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AEB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB950

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB950	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd85',
    500: '#aeb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb950;
$custom-light: #c8cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75579,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB950

secondary

#A09BC9

accent

#55D362

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB950

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

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