#AEB937#AEB937

#AEB937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.149 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB937
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -20.15, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 64.40, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0612 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.149 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4951, 43.9731, 10.2315)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB937 #4237B9

analogous

#B98337 #AEB937 #6DB937

triadic

#AEB937 #37AEB9 #B937AE

tetradic

#AEB937 #37B983 #4237B9 #B9376D

square

#AEB937 #37B983 #4237B9 #B9376D

split-complementary

#AEB937 #376DB9 #8337B9

monochromatic

#555B1B #828A29 #AEB937 #C6CF5E #D6DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#AEB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB937

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB937	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)

#C6B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.149 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd76',
    500: '#aeb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb937;
$custom-light: #c9cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75352,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB937

secondary

#8A84C8

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB937

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

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