#AEAB39#AEAB39

#AEAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB39
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -12.93, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 57.96, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0408 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.133 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7581, 38.4209, 9.5605)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB39 #393CAE

analogous

#AE7139 #AEAB39 #76AE39

triadic

#AEAB39 #39AEAB #AB39AE

tetradic

#AEAB39 #39AE71 #393CAE #AE3976

square

#AEAB39 #39AE71 #393CAE #AE3976

split-complementary

#AEAB39 #3976AE #7139AE

monochromatic

#52501B #807E2A #AEAB39 #C9C65B #D8D689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB39

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB39	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)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c376',
    500: '#aeab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab39;
$custom-light: #c9c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.13322,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB39

secondary

#8082C3

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB39

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

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