#AEAB38#AEAB38

#AEAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB38
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -12.99, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 58.36, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0411 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7334, 38.4111, 9.4304)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB38 #383BAE

analogous

#AE7038 #AEAB38 #76AE38

triadic

#AEAB38 #38AEAB #AB38AE

tetradic

#AEAB38 #38AE70 #383BAE #AE3876

square

#AEAB38 #38AE70 #383BAE #AE3876

split-complementary

#AEAB38 #3876AE #7038AE

monochromatic

#51501A #807D29 #AEAB38 #CAC759 #D9D788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB38

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c375',
    500: '#aeab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab38;
$custom-light: #c9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB38

secondary

#7F81C3

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB38

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

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