#AEB537#AEB537

#AEB537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.145 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB537
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -18.15, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 62.74, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0557 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.145 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6701, 42.3230, 9.9565)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB537 #3E37B5

analogous

#B57D37 #AEB537 #6FB537

triadic

#AEB537 #37AEB5 #B537AE

tetradic

#AEB537 #37B57D #3E37B5 #B5376F

square

#AEB537 #37B57D #3E37B5 #B5376F

split-complementary

#AEB537 #376FB5 #7D37B5

monochromatic

#54571A #818629 #AEB537 #C7CD5C #D7DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AEB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB537

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB537	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)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.145 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb76',
    500: '#aeb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb537;
$custom-light: #c9cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74457,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB537

secondary

#8682C6

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB537

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

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