#AEBA37#AEBA37

#AEBA37 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	#AEBA37
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -20.65, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 64.81, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0626 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.151 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7050, 44.3930, 10.3015)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA37 #4337BA

analogous

#BA8437 #AEBA37 #6DBA37

triadic

#AEBA37 #37AEBA #BA37AE

tetradic

#AEBA37 #37BA84 #4337BA #BA376D

square

#AEBA37 #37BA84 #4337BA #BA376D

split-complementary

#AEBA37 #376DBA #8437BA

monochromatic

#565C1B #828B29 #AEBA37 #C5D05F #D6DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#AEBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA37

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA37	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)

#C7B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.151 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce76',
    500: '#aeba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba37;
$custom-light: #c9ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA37

secondary

#8B85C8

accent

#4ADE58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA37

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

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