#AEB951#AEB951

#AEB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB951
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -18.40, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 53.75, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0537 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.129 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2904, 44.2912, 14.4203)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB951 #5C51B9

analogous

#B99051 #AEB951 #7AB951

triadic

#AEB951 #51AEB9 #B951AE

tetradic

#AEB951 #51B990 #5C51B9 #B9517A

square

#AEB951 #51B990 #5C51B9 #B9517A

split-complementary

#AEB951 #517AB9 #9051B9

monochromatic

#606629 #89923B #AEB951 #C2CB7D #D7DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AEB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB951

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB951	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)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd85',
    500: '#aeb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb951;
$custom-light: #c8cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.346,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB951

secondary

#A19CCA

accent

#55D263

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB951

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

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