#AEBA45#AEBA45

#AEBA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.141 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA45
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(66, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -19.80, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 59.39, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0589 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.141 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0895, 44.5467, 12.3263)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA45 #5145BA

analogous

#BA8C45 #AEBA45 #73BA45

triadic

#AEBA45 #45AEBA #BA45AE

tetradic

#AEBA45 #45BA8C #5145BA #BA4573

square

#AEBA45 #45BA8C #5145BA #BA4573

split-complementary

#AEBA45 #4573BA #8C45BA

monochromatic

#5A6124 #848D34 #AEBA45 #C1CB72 #D5DB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEBA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#AEBA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA45

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA45	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.141 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce7e',
    500: '#aeba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba45;
$custom-light: #c9ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7569,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA45

secondary

#9993C8

accent

#52D660

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA45

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

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