#AEBA38#AEBA38

#AEBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.150 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA38
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -20.60, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 64.45, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0624 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.15 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7292, 44.4026, 10.4290)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA38 #4438BA

analogous

#BA8538 #AEBA38 #6DBA38

triadic

#AEBA38 #38AEBA #BA38AE

tetradic

#AEBA38 #38BA85 #4438BA #BA386D

square

#AEBA38 #38BA85 #4438BA #BA386D

split-complementary

#AEBA38 #386DBA #8538BA

monochromatic

#565C1C #828B2A #AEBA38 #C5CF60 #D6DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#AEBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA38

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA38	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)

#C7B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.150 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce77',
    500: '#aeba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba38;
$custom-light: #c9ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75583,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA38

secondary

#8C86C8

accent

#4BDD58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA38

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

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