#AEB738#AEB738

#AEB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.147 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB738
RGB	rgb(174, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -19.10, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 63.20, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0582 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.147 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1039, 43.1519, 10.2206)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB738 #4138B7

analogous

#B78138 #AEB738 #6FB738

triadic

#AEB738 #38AEB7 #B738AE

tetradic

#AEB738 #38B781 #4138B7 #B7386F

square

#AEB738 #38B781 #4138B7 #B7386F

split-complementary

#AEB738 #386FB7 #8138B7

monochromatic

#55591B #81882A #AEB738 #C6CE5E #D7DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#AEB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB738

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB738	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.147 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc77',
    500: '#aeb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb738;
$custom-light: #c9cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.252,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74911,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB738

secondary

#8984C7

accent

#4BDD56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB738

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

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