#AEAB33#AEAB33

#AEAB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB33
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -13.25, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 60.27, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0423 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.137 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.6172, 38.3646, 8.8183)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB33 #3336AE

analogous

#AE6E33 #AEAB33 #74AE33

triadic

#AEAB33 #33AEAB #AB33AE

tetradic

#AEAB33 #33AE6E #3336AE #AE3374

square

#AEAB33 #33AE6E #3336AE #AE3374

split-complementary

#AEAB33 #3374AE #6E33AE

monochromatic

#4F4E17 #7F7C25 #AEAB33 #CCC952 #DAD881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AEAB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB33

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB33	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c373',
    500: '#aeab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab33;
$custom-light: #c9c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.38364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB33

secondary

#797BC3

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB33

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

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