#AEAB37#AEAB37
#AEAB37 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 | #AEAB37 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 171, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 52%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 68%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.4%, 31.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.32, -13.04, 57.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.32, 58.75, 102.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.24% -0.0413 0.1281) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.24% 0.135 107.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.7092, 38.4014, 9.3029) |
| Luminance | 0.3840 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.31
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.52
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.20
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.75
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.80
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEAB37 #373AAE
analogous
#AE6F37 #AEAB37 #76AE37
triadic
#AEAB37 #37AEAB #AB37AE
tetradic
#AEAB37 #37AE6F #373AAE #AE3776
square
#AEAB37 #37AE6F #373AAE #AE3776
split-complementary
#AEAB37 #3776AE #6F37AE
monochromatic
#51501A #7F7D28 #AEAB37 #CAC758 #D9D786
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.42
#AEAB37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.68
#AEAB37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEAB37
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEAB37 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEAB37 | 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)
#B9A426
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA93F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAA094
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aeab37; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 107.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9c375',
500: '#aeab37',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aeab37; $custom-light: #c9c375; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aeab37",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 171,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.487,
"s": 51.965,
"l": 44.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72237,
"c": 0.13463,
"h": 107.9
},
"luminance": 0.384
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEAB37
secondary
#7E80C3
accent
#50DB4C
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F7ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141209
muted
#82817B