#AEB935#AEB935

#AEB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.151 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB935
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -20.26, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 65.11, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0617 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.151 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4481, 43.9543, 9.9841)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB935 #4035B9

analogous

#B98235 #AEB935 #6CB935

triadic

#AEB935 #35AEB9 #B935AE

tetradic

#AEB935 #35B982 #4035B9 #B9356C

square

#AEB935 #35B982 #4035B9 #B9356C

split-complementary

#AEB935 #356CB9 #8235B9

monochromatic

#555A1A #818927 #AEB935 #C6D05B #D7DE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#AEB935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB935

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB935	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.151 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd75',
    500: '#aeb935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb935;
$custom-light: #c9cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB935

secondary

#8882C8

accent

#49DF56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB935

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

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