#AEB539#AEB539

#AEB539 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#AEB539
RGBrgb(174, 181, 57)
HSLhsl(63, 52%, 47%)
HSVhsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(71.11, -18.04, 59.31)
CIE-LCHlch(71.11, 61.99, 106.92°)
OKLaboklab(74.47% -0.0552 0.1327)
OKLCHoklch(74.47% 0.144 112.6)
XYZxyz(34.7190, 42.3426, 10.2141)
Luminance0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AEB539 #4039B5
analogous
#B57E39 #AEB539 #70B539
triadic
#AEB539 #39AEB5 #B539AE
tetradic
#AEB539 #39B57E #4039B5 #B53970
square
#AEB539 #39B57E #4039B5 #B53970
split-complementary
#AEB539 #3970B5 #7E39B5
monochromatic
#55581C #81862A #AEB539 #C6CD5F #D7DB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#AEB539 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47
#AEB539 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB539
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AEB539#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AEB5391.002.229.479.47
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4721.001.001.00
##0000009.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AD26
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3AF42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAAA9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aeb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.144 112.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb77',
    500: '#aeb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aeb539;
$custom-light: #c9cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aeb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74472,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AEB539
secondary
#8884C6
accent
#4CDC54
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8ED
border
#D2D1C8
text
#141309
muted
#82827B

Preview Lab

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#AEB539 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva