#AEBA49#AEBA49

#AEBA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.137 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA49
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -19.52, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 57.72, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0577 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.137 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2179, 44.5981, 13.0024)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA49 #5549BA

analogous

#BA8D49 #AEBA49 #75BA49

triadic

#AEBA49 #49AEBA #BA49AE

tetradic

#AEBA49 #49BA8D #5549BA #BA4975

square

#AEBA49 #49BA8D #5549BA #BA4975

split-complementary

#AEBA49 #4975BA #8D49BA

monochromatic

#5D6326 #868F36 #AEBA49 #C2CB75 #D5DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#AEBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA49

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA49	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)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.137 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce80',
    500: '#aeba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba49;
$custom-light: #c9ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.372,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA49

secondary

#9C96C8

accent

#53D561

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA49

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

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