#AEBA36#AEBA36

#AEBA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.151 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA36
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -20.70, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 65.17, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0629 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.151 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6813, 44.3835, 10.1765)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA36 #4236BA

analogous

#BA8436 #AEBA36 #6CBA36

triadic

#AEBA36 #36AEBA #BA36AE

tetradic

#AEBA36 #36BA84 #4236BA #BA366C

square

#AEBA36 #36BA84 #4236BA #BA366C

split-complementary

#AEBA36 #366CBA #8436BA

monochromatic

#555B1A #828B28 #AEBA36 #C6D05D #D6DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#AEBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA36

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA36	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.151 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce76',
    500: '#aeba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba36;
$custom-light: #c9ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75569,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA36

secondary

#8A84C8

accent

#49DE57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA36

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

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