#AEB938#AEB938

#AEB938 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 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB938
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -20.10, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 64.03, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.061 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.149 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5193, 43.9828, 10.3590)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB938 #4338B9

analogous

#B98338 #AEB938 #6EB938

triadic

#AEB938 #38AEB9 #B938AE

tetradic

#AEB938 #38B983 #4338B9 #B9386E

square

#AEB938 #38B983 #4338B9 #B9386E

split-complementary

#AEB938 #386EB9 #8338B9

monochromatic

#565B1C #828A2A #AEB938 #C5CF5F #D6DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#AEB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB938

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB938	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.149 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd77',
    500: '#aeb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb938;
$custom-light: #c9cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.116,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.14878,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB938

secondary

#8B85C8

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB938

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

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