#AEAB35#AEAB35

#AEAB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB35
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -13.15, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 59.52, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0418 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6623, 38.3826, 9.0555)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB35 #3538AE

analogous

#AE6E35 #AEAB35 #75AE35

triadic

#AEAB35 #35AEAB #AB35AE

tetradic

#AEAB35 #35AE6E #3538AE #AE3575

square

#AEAB35 #35AE6E #3538AE #AE3575

split-complementary

#AEAB35 #3575AE #6E35AE

monochromatic

#504F18 #7F7D27 #AEAB35 #CBC855 #DAD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEAB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB35

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB35	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#aeab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab35;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72222,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB35

secondary

#7C7DC3

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB35

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

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