#AEBA35#AEBA35

#AEBA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.152 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA35
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -20.76, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 65.52, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0631 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.152 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6581, 44.3742, 10.0541)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA35 #4135BA

analogous

#BA8435 #AEBA35 #6BBA35

triadic

#AEBA35 #35AEBA #BA35AE

tetradic

#AEBA35 #35BA84 #4135BA #BA356B

square

#AEBA35 #35BA84 #4135BA #BA356B

split-complementary

#AEBA35 #356BBA #8435BA

monochromatic

#555B1A #818A27 #AEBA35 #C6D05C #D7DE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#AEBA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA35

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA35	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.152 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce75',
    500: '#aeba35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba35;
$custom-light: #c9ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.414,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75562,
    "c": 0.1518,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA35

secondary

#8982C8

accent

#49DF56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA35

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

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