#AEB438#AEB438

#AEB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.143 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB438
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -17.59, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 61.96, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.054 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.143 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4917, 41.9275, 10.0165)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB438 #3E38B4

analogous

#B47C38 #AEB438 #70B438

triadic

#AEB438 #38AEB4 #B438AE

tetradic

#AEB438 #38B47C #3E38B4 #B43870

square

#AEB438 #38B47C #3E38B4 #B43870

split-complementary

#AEB438 #3870B4 #7C38B4

monochromatic

#54571B #818529 #AEB438 #C7CD5D #D7DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#AEB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB438

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB438	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.143 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca76',
    500: '#aeb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb438;
$custom-light: #c9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74241,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB438

secondary

#8682C5

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB438

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

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