#AEB338#AEB338

#AEB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.142 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB338
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -17.08, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 61.55, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0526 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.142 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2905, 41.5252, 9.9494)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB338 #3D38B3

analogous

#B37A38 #AEB338 #70B338

triadic

#AEB338 #38AEB3 #B338AE

tetradic

#AEB338 #38B37A #3D38B3 #B33870

square

#AEB338 #38B37A #3D38B3 #B33870

split-complementary

#AEB338 #3870B3 #7A38B3

monochromatic

#53561B #818429 #AEB338 #C8CC5C #D7DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AEB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB338

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB338	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.142 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c976',
    500: '#aeb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb338;
$custom-light: #c9c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74018,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB338

secondary

#8582C5

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB338

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

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