#AEB536#AEB536

#AEB536 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	#AEB536
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -18.20, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 63.11, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0559 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.146 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6463, 42.3135, 9.8315)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB536 #3D36B5

analogous

#B57C36 #AEB536 #6EB536

triadic

#AEB536 #36AEB5 #B536AE

tetradic

#AEB536 #36B57C #3D36B5 #B5366E

square

#AEB536 #36B57C #3D36B5 #B5366E

split-complementary

#AEB536 #366EB5 #7C36B5

monochromatic

#53571A #818628 #AEB536 #C8CE5A #D7DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AEB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB536

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB536	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)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.146 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb75',
    500: '#aeb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb536;
$custom-light: #c9cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.307,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB536

secondary

#8581C6

accent

#4ADD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB536

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

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