#AEBA42#AEBA42

#AEBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA42
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -20.00, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 60.62, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0597 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.143 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9987, 44.5104, 11.8482)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA42 #4E42BA

analogous

#BA8A42 #AEBA42 #72BA42

triadic

#AEBA42 #42AEBA #BA42AE

tetradic

#AEBA42 #42BA8A #4E42BA #BA4272

square

#AEBA42 #42BA8A #4E42BA #BA4272

split-complementary

#AEBA42 #4272BA #8A42BA

monochromatic

#596022 #848D32 #AEBA42 #C2CB6E #D5DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#AEBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA42

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA42	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)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce7c',
    500: '#aeba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba42;
$custom-light: #c9ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA42

secondary

#9690C8

accent

#51D75E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA42

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

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