#AEAB36#AEAB36

#AEAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB36
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -13.10, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 59.14, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0416 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.135 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6855, 38.3919, 9.1779)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB36 #3639AE

analogous

#AE6F36 #AEAB36 #75AE36

triadic

#AEAB36 #36AEAB #AB36AE

tetradic

#AEAB36 #36AE6F #3639AE #AE3675

square

#AEAB36 #36AE6F #3639AE #AE3675

split-complementary

#AEAB36 #3675AE #6F36AE

monochromatic

#514F19 #7F7D28 #AEAB36 #CBC856 #D9D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB36

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB36	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)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#aeab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab36;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB36

secondary

#7D7FC3

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB36

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

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