#AEBA48#AEBA48

#AEBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA48
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -19.59, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 58.14, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.058 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.138 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1850, 44.5849, 12.8292)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA48 #5448BA

analogous

#BA8D48 #AEBA48 #75BA48

triadic

#AEBA48 #48AEBA #BA48AE

tetradic

#AEBA48 #48BA8D #5448BA #BA4875

square

#AEBA48 #48BA8D #5448BA #BA4875

split-complementary

#AEBA48 #4875BA #8D48BA

monochromatic

#5C6225 #868F36 #AEBA48 #C2CB74 #D5DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#AEBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA48

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA48	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce80',
    500: '#aeba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba48;
$custom-light: #c9ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75719,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA48

secondary

#9B96C8

accent

#53D561

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA48

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

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