#AEBA41#AEBA41

#AEBA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.144 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA41
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -20.07, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 61.02, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.06 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.144 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9695, 44.4987, 11.6943)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA41 #4D41BA

analogous

#BA8A41 #AEBA41 #72BA41

triadic

#AEBA41 #41AEBA #BA41AE

tetradic

#AEBA41 #41BA8A #4D41BA #BA4172

square

#AEBA41 #41BA8A #4D41BA #BA4172

split-complementary

#AEBA41 #4172BA #8A41BA

monochromatic

#595F21 #848D31 #AEBA41 #C2CC6C #D5DC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEBA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#AEBA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA41

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA41	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce7c',
    500: '#aeba41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba41;
$custom-light: #c9ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75655,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA41

secondary

#958FC8

accent

#50D85D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA41

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

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