#AEB235#AEB235

#AEB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.143 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB235
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -16.74, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 62.26, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0519 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.143 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0197, 41.0974, 9.5080)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB235 #3935B2

analogous

#B27735 #AEB235 #6FB235

triadic

#AEB235 #35AEB2 #B235AE

tetradic

#AEB235 #35B277 #3935B2 #B2356F

square

#AEB235 #35B277 #3935B2 #B2356F

split-complementary

#AEB235 #356FB2 #7735B2

monochromatic

#525419 #808327 #AEB235 #C9CD57 #D8DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB235

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB235	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.143 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c874',
    500: '#aeb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb235;
$custom-light: #c9c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73773,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB235

secondary

#807EC5

accent

#4ADD4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB235

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

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