#AEB01B#AEB01B

#AEB01B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.154 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB01B
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 84.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -16.74, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 69.32, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.054 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.154 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1800, 40.1295, 7.0346)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB01B #1D1BB0

analogous

#B0671B #AEB01B #64B01B

triadic

#AEB01B #1BAEB0 #B01BAE

tetradic

#AEB01B #1BB067 #1D1BB0 #B01B64

square

#AEB01B #1BB067 #1D1BB0 #B01B64

split-complementary

#AEB01B #1B64B0 #671BB0

monochromatic

#45460B #7A7B13 #AEB01B #DCDE2A #E5E65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEB01B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEB01B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB01B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB01B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB01B	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.154 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac769',
    500: '#aeb01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb01b;
$custom-light: #cac769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73187,
    "c": 0.15416,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB01B

secondary

#5E5CCB

accent

#38F03A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB01B

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

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