#AEAB25#AEAB25

#AEAB25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB25
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -13.87, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 64.96, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0453 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3537, 38.2592, 7.4304)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB25 #2528AE

analogous

#AE6725 #AEAB25 #6DAE25

triadic

#AEAB25 #25AEAB #AB25AE

tetradic

#AEAB25 #25AE67 #2528AE #AE256D

square

#AEAB25 #25AE67 #2528AE #AE256D

split-complementary

#AEAB25 #256DAE #6725AE

monochromatic

#494810 #7C791A #AEAB25 #D5D23B #E0DE6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAB25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AEAB25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB25

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB25	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)

#BCA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac36c',
    500: '#aeab25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab25;
$custom-light: #cac36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB25

secondary

#686AC6

accent

#44E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB25

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

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