#AEAB24#AEAB24

#AEAB24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB24
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -13.90, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 65.25, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0455 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3382, 38.2530, 7.3488)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB24 #2427AE

analogous

#AE6624 #AEAB24 #6CAE24

triadic

#AEAB24 #24AEAB #AB24AE

tetradic

#AEAB24 #24AE66 #2427AE #AE246C

square

#AEAB24 #24AE66 #2427AE #AE246C

split-complementary

#AEAB24 #246CAE #6624AE

monochromatic

#49470F #7B791A #AEAB24 #D6D339 #E1DE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAB24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AEAB24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB24

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB24	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36c',
    500: '#aeab24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab24;
$custom-light: #cac36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB24

secondary

#6769C7

accent

#43E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB24

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

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