#AEB11C#AEB11C

#AEB11C 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 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB11C
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 28)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 84.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -17.22, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 69.44, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0553 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.155 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3886, 40.5277, 7.1622)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB11C #1F1CB1

analogous

#B1691C #AEB11C #63B11C

triadic

#AEB11C #1CAEB1 #B11CAE

tetradic

#AEB11C #1CB169 #1F1CB1 #B11C63

square

#AEB11C #1CB169 #1F1CB1 #B11C63

split-complementary

#AEB11C #1C63B1 #691CB1

monochromatic

#46470B #7A7C14 #AEB11C #DADE2C #E3E661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEB11C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AEB11C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB11C

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB11C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB11C	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb11c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.155 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac869',
    500: '#aeb11c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb11c;
$custom-light: #cac869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb11c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.208,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB11C

secondary

#605ECB

accent

#38EF3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB11C

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

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