#AEB837#AEB837

#AEB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.148 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB837
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -19.65, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 63.98, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0599 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.148 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2866, 43.5562, 10.1620)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB837 #4137B8

analogous

#B88237 #AEB837 #6EB837

triadic

#AEB837 #37AEB8 #B837AE

tetradic

#AEB837 #37B882 #4137B8 #B8376E

square

#AEB837 #37B882 #4137B8 #B8376E

split-complementary

#AEB837 #376EB8 #8237B8

monochromatic

#555A1B #818929 #AEB837 #C6CF5D #D7DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#AEB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB837

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB837	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)

#C5AF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.148 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd76',
    500: '#aeb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb837;
$custom-light: #c9cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.651,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75127,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB837

secondary

#8984C7

accent

#4ADD56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB837

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

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