#AEB835#AEB835

#AEB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.150 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB835
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -19.76, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 64.70, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0603 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.15 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2397, 43.5374, 9.9147)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB835 #3F35B8

analogous

#B88135 #AEB835 #6DB835

triadic

#AEB835 #35AEB8 #B835AE

tetradic

#AEB835 #35B881 #3F35B8 #B8356D

square

#AEB835 #35B881 #3F35B8 #B8356D

split-complementary

#AEB835 #356DB8 #8135B8

monochromatic

#54591A #818827 #AEB835 #C7D05B #D7DD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#AEB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB835

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB835	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.150 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd75',
    500: '#aeb835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb835;
$custom-light: #c9cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75113,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB835

secondary

#8781C7

accent

#49DF55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB835

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

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