#AEB437#AEB437

#AEB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.144 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB437
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -17.64, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 62.33, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0542 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.144 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4675, 41.9178, 9.8890)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB437 #3D37B4

analogous

#B47B37 #AEB437 #6FB437

triadic

#AEB437 #37AEB4 #B437AE

tetradic

#AEB437 #37B47B #3D37B4 #B4376F

square

#AEB437 #37B47B #3D37B4 #B4376F

split-complementary

#AEB437 #376FB4 #7B37B4

monochromatic

#53561A #818529 #AEB437 #C8CD5B #D7DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AEB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB437

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB437	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.144 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca76',
    500: '#aeb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb437;
$custom-light: #c9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB437

secondary

#8581C6

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB437

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

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