#AEB838#AEB838

#AEB838 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	#AEB838
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -19.60, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 63.61, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0596 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.148 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3109, 43.5659, 10.2895)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB838 #4238B8

analogous

#B88238 #AEB838 #6EB838

triadic

#AEB838 #38AEB8 #B838AE

tetradic

#AEB838 #38B882 #4238B8 #B8386E

square

#AEB838 #38B882 #4238B8 #B8386E

split-complementary

#AEB838 #386EB8 #8238B8

monochromatic

#555A1B #82892A #AEB838 #C6CE5F #D6DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#AEB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB838

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB838	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)

#C5AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.148 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd77',
    500: '#aeb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb838;
$custom-light: #c9cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75135,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB838

secondary

#8A85C7

accent

#4BDD56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB838

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

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