#AEB237#AEB237

#AEB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.142 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB237
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -16.63, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 61.52, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0514 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.142 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0666, 41.1162, 9.7554)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB237 #3B37B2

analogous

#B27837 #AEB237 #70B237

triadic

#AEB237 #37AEB2 #B237AE

tetradic

#AEB237 #37B278 #3B37B2 #B23770

square

#AEB237 #37B278 #3B37B2 #B23770

split-complementary

#AEB237 #3770B2 #7837B2

monochromatic

#53541A #808329 #AEB237 #C8CC5A #D8DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB237

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB237	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)

#C0AA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.142 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c876',
    500: '#aeb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb237;
$custom-light: #c9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.951,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB237

secondary

#8280C5

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB237

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

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