#AEB11B#AEB11B

#AEB11B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.155 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB11B
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 84.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -17.25, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 69.67, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0554 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.155 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3768, 40.5230, 7.1002)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB11B #1E1BB1

analogous

#B1691B #AEB11B #63B11B

triadic

#AEB11B #1BAEB1 #B11BAE

tetradic

#AEB11B #1BB169 #1E1BB1 #B11B63

square

#AEB11B #1BB169 #1E1BB1 #B11B63

split-complementary

#AEB11B #1B63B1 #691BB1

monochromatic

#46470B #7A7C13 #AEB11B #DBDF2B #E4E760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEB11B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#AEB11B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB11B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB11B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB11B	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb11b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.155 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac869',
    500: '#aeb11b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb11b;
$custom-light: #cac869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb11b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73411,
    "c": 0.15513,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB11B

secondary

#5F5DCB

accent

#38F03B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB11B

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

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