#AEB037#AEB037

#AEB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.140 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB037
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -15.61, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 60.71, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0486 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.14 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6716, 40.3261, 9.6237)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB037 #3937B0

analogous

#B07637 #AEB037 #71B037

triadic

#AEB037 #37AEB0 #B037AE

tetradic

#AEB037 #37B076 #3937B0 #B03771

square

#AEB037 #37B076 #3937B0 #B03771

split-complementary

#AEB037 #3771B0 #7637B0

monochromatic

#52531A #808128 #AEB037 #C9CB59 #D8DA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AEB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB037

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB037	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.140 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c775',
    500: '#aeb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb037;
$custom-light: #c9c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB037

secondary

#807FC4

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB037

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

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