#AEB238#AEB238

#AEB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.141 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB238
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -16.58, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 61.14, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0512 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.141 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0908, 41.1258, 9.8829)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB238 #3C38B2

analogous

#B27938 #AEB238 #71B238

triadic

#AEB238 #38AEB2 #B238AE

tetradic

#AEB238 #38B279 #3C38B2 #B23871

square

#AEB238 #38B279 #3C38B2 #B23871

split-complementary

#AEB238 #3871B2 #7938B2

monochromatic

#53551B #808329 #AEB238 #C8CC5C #D8DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB238

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB238	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.141 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c876',
    500: '#aeb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb238;
$custom-light: #c9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73795,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB238

secondary

#8381C5

accent

#4CDC51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB238

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

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