#AEB839#AEB839

#AEB839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.147 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB839
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -19.55, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 63.24, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0594 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.147 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3356, 43.5758, 10.4196)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB839 #4339B8

analogous

#B88239 #AEB839 #6FB839

triadic

#AEB839 #39AEB8 #B839AE

tetradic

#AEB839 #39B882 #4339B8 #B8396F

square

#AEB839 #39B882 #4339B8 #B8396F

split-complementary

#AEB839 #396FB8 #8239B8

monochromatic

#565B1C #82892B #AEB839 #C5CE60 #D6DC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#AEB839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB839

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB839	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.147 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd77',
    500: '#aeb839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb839;
$custom-light: #c9cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.724,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75142,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB839

secondary

#8B86C7

accent

#4CDC57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB839

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

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