#AEB535#AEB535

#AEB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.146 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB535
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -18.25, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 63.47, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0561 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.146 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6231, 42.3042, 9.7091)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB535 #3C35B5

analogous

#B57C35 #AEB535 #6EB535

triadic

#AEB535 #35AEB5 #B535AE

tetradic

#AEB535 #35B57C #3C35B5 #B5356E

square

#AEB535 #35B57C #3C35B5 #B5356E

split-complementary

#AEB535 #356EB5 #7C35B5

monochromatic

#535619 #808627 #AEB535 #C8CE59 #D8DC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AEB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB535

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB535	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.146 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb75',
    500: '#aeb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb535;
$custom-light: #c9cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74442,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB535

secondary

#8380C6

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB535

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

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