#AEB137#AEB137

#AEB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.141 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB137
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -16.12, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 61.11, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.05 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.141 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8684, 40.7197, 9.6893)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB137 #3A37B1

analogous

#B17737 #AEB137 #71B137

triadic

#AEB137 #37AEB1 #B137AE

tetradic

#AEB137 #37B177 #3A37B1 #B13771

square

#AEB137 #37B177 #3A37B1 #B13771

split-complementary

#AEB137 #3771B1 #7737B1

monochromatic

#52541A #808228 #AEB137 #C9CC5A #D8DA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AEB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB137

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB137	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.141 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c875',
    500: '#aeb137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb137;
$custom-light: #c9c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB137

secondary

#8180C4

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB137

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

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