#AEBB37#AEBB37

#AEBB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.152 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB37
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -21.15, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 65.23, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.064 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.152 115)
XYZ	xyz(35.9164, 44.8158, 10.3720)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB37 #4437BB

analogous

#BB8637 #AEBB37 #6CBB37

triadic

#AEBB37 #37AEBB #BB37AE

tetradic

#AEBB37 #37BB86 #4437BB #BB376C

square

#AEBB37 #37BB86 #4437BB #BB376C

split-complementary

#AEBB37 #376CBB #8637BB

monochromatic

#565C1B #828C29 #AEBB37 #C5D05F #D6DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#AEBB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB37

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB37	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.152 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf76',
    500: '#aebb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb37;
$custom-light: #c9cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.44815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB37

secondary

#8C85C9

accent

#4ADE58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB37

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

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