#AEB021#AEB021

#AEB021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.152 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB021
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 81.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -16.56, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 67.85, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0531 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.152 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2567, 40.1601, 7.4384)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB021 #2321B0

analogous

#B06A21 #AEB021 #66B021

triadic

#AEB021 #21AEB0 #B021AE

tetradic

#AEB021 #21B06A #2321B0 #B02166

square

#AEB021 #21B06A #2321B0 #B02166

split-complementary

#AEB021 #2166B0 #6A21B0

monochromatic

#48490E #7B7C17 #AEB021 #D7D935 #E1E369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEB021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEB021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB021

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB021	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)

#C0AC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.152 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac76b',
    500: '#aeb021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb021;
$custom-light: #cac76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73212,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB021

secondary

#6664C8

accent

#3DEB3F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB021

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

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