#AEB239#AEB239

#AEB239 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	#AEB239
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -16.52, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 60.76, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0509 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.141 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1155, 41.1357, 10.0130)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB239 #3D39B2

analogous

#B27939 #AEB239 #71B239

triadic

#AEB239 #39AEB2 #B239AE

tetradic

#AEB239 #39B279 #3D39B2 #B23971

square

#AEB239 #39B279 #3D39B2 #B23971

split-complementary

#AEB239 #3971B2 #7939B2

monochromatic

#53551B #81842A #AEB239 #C8CB5D #D7DA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB239

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB239	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.141 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c877',
    500: '#aeb239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb239;
$custom-light: #c9c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB239

secondary

#8582C4

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB239

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

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