#AEB836#AEB836

#AEB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.149 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB836
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -19.71, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 64.34, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0601 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.149 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2629, 43.5467, 10.0371)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB836 #4036B8

analogous

#B88136 #AEB836 #6DB836

triadic

#AEB836 #36AEB8 #B836AE

tetradic

#AEB836 #36B881 #4036B8 #B8366D

square

#AEB836 #36B881 #4036B8 #B8366D

split-complementary

#AEB836 #366DB8 #8136B8

monochromatic

#55591A #818928 #AEB836 #C6CF5C #D7DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#AEB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB836

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB836	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)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.149 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd76',
    500: '#aeb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb836;
$custom-light: #c9cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7512,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB836

secondary

#8882C7

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB836

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

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