#AEB11D#AEB11D

#AEB11D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.154 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB11D
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 29)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 83.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -17.19, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 69.21, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0551 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.154 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4007, 40.5326, 7.2263)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB11D #201DB1

analogous

#B16A1D #AEB11D #64B11D

triadic

#AEB11D #1DAEB1 #B11DAE

tetradic

#AEB11D #1DB16A #201DB1 #B11D64

square

#AEB11D #1DB16A #201DB1 #B11D64

split-complementary

#AEB11D #1D64B1 #6A1DB1

monochromatic

#47480C #7A7C14 #AEB11D #D9DD2E #E3E563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEB11D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AEB11D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB11D

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB11D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB11D	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)

#C1AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb11d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.154 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac86a',
    500: '#aeb11d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb11d;
$custom-light: #cac86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb11d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.216,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73418,
    "c": 0.15441,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB11D

secondary

#6260CA

accent

#39EF3D

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB11D

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

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