#AEBF38#AEBF38

#AEBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.155 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBF38
RGB	rgb(174, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -23.07, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 66.58, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0693 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.155 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8011, 46.5463, 10.7863)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBF38 #4938BF

analogous

#BF8C38 #AEBF38 #6ABF38

triadic

#AEBF38 #38AEBF #BF38AE

tetradic

#AEBF38 #38BF8C #4938BF #BF386A

square

#AEBF38 #38BF8C #4938BF #BF386A

split-complementary

#AEBF38 #386ABF #8C38BF

monochromatic

#58601C #83902A #AEBF38 #C3D163 #D5DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#AEBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBF38

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBF38	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.155 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d277',
    500: '#aebf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebf38;
$custom-light: #c9d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76708,
    "c": 0.15548,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBF38

secondary

#9189CA

accent

#4ADE5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBF38

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

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