#AEB538#AEB538

#AEB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.144 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB538
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -18.09, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 62.37, 106.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0554 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.144 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6943, 42.3327, 10.0840)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB538 #3F38B5

analogous

#B57E38 #AEB538 #70B538

triadic

#AEB538 #38AEB5 #B538AE

tetradic

#AEB538 #38B57E #3F38B5 #B53870

square

#AEB538 #38B57E #3F38B5 #B53870

split-complementary

#AEB538 #3870B5 #7E38B5

monochromatic

#54581B #81862A #AEB538 #C7CD5D #D7DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AEB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB538

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB538	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.144 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb76',
    500: '#aeb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb538;
$custom-light: #c9cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.36,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74464,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB538

secondary

#8783C6

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB538

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

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