#AEB236#AEB236

#AEB236 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	#AEB236
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -16.68, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 61.89, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0517 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.143 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0429, 41.1067, 9.6304)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB236 #3A36B2

analogous

#B27836 #AEB236 #70B236

triadic

#AEB236 #36AEB2 #B236AE

tetradic

#AEB236 #36B278 #3A36B2 #B23670

square

#AEB236 #36B278 #3A36B2 #B23670

split-complementary

#AEB236 #3670B2 #7836B2

monochromatic

#52541A #808328 #AEB236 #C9CD59 #D8DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB236

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB236	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.143 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c875',
    500: '#aeb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb236;
$custom-light: #c9c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB236

secondary

#817FC5

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB236

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

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