#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
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -18.04, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 61.99, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0552 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.144 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7190, 42.3426, 10.2141)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AEB539	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)

#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

Preview with #AEB539

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

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