#AEBB38#AEBB38

#AEBB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.151 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBB38
RGB	rgb(174, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -21.09, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 64.88, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0638 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.151 115)
XYZ	xyz(35.9406, 44.8255, 10.4995)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBB38 #4538BB

analogous

#BB8638 #AEBB38 #6DBB38

triadic

#AEBB38 #38AEBB #BB38AE

tetradic

#AEBB38 #38BB86 #4538BB #BB386D

square

#AEBB38 #38BB86 #4538BB #BB386D

split-complementary

#AEBB38 #386DBB #8638BB

monochromatic

#565D1C #828C2A #AEBB38 #C5D061 #D6DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEBB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#AEBB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBB38

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBB38	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)

#C8B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.151 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf77',
    500: '#aebb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebb38;
$custom-light: #c9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.954,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75808,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBB38

secondary

#8D86C8

accent

#4BDD59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBB38

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

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