#AEB638#AEB638

#AEB638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.145 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB638
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -18.60, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 62.78, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0568 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.146 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.8983, 42.7408, 10.1520)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB638 #4038B6

analogous

#B67F38 #AEB638 #6FB638

triadic

#AEB638 #38AEB6 #B638AE

tetradic

#AEB638 #38B67F #4038B6 #B6386F

square

#AEB638 #38B67F #4038B6 #B6386F

split-complementary

#AEB638 #386FB6 #7F38B6

monochromatic

#55581B #81872A #AEB638 #C6CD5E #D7DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#AEB638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB638

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB638	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.145 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb76',
    500: '#aeb638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb638;
$custom-light: #c9cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.81,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB638

secondary

#8884C6

accent

#4BDC55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB638

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

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