#AEB436#AEB436

#AEB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.145 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB436
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -17.70, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 62.70, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0545 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.145 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4437, 41.9083, 9.7640)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB436 #3C36B4

analogous

#B47B36 #AEB436 #6FB436

triadic

#AEB436 #36AEB4 #B436AE

tetradic

#AEB436 #36B47B #3C36B4 #B4366F

square

#AEB436 #36B47B #3C36B4 #B4366F

split-complementary

#AEB436 #366FB4 #7B36B4

monochromatic

#53561A #808528 #AEB436 #C8CD5A #D8DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AEB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB436

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB436	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.145 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca75',
    500: '#aeb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb436;
$custom-light: #c9ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB436

secondary

#8380C6

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB436

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

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