#AEB231#AEB231

#AEB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.146 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB231
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -16.94, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 63.69, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0528 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.146 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9315, 41.0621, 9.0435)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB231 #3531B2

analogous

#B27531 #AEB231 #6EB231

triadic

#AEB231 #31AEB2 #B231AE

tetradic

#AEB231 #31B275 #3531B2 #B2316E

square

#AEB231 #31B275 #3531B2 #B2316E

split-complementary

#AEB231 #316EB2 #7531B2

monochromatic

#505217 #7F8224 #AEB231 #CBCF51 #DADC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#AEB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB231

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB231	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.146 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac872',
    500: '#aeb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb231;
$custom-light: #cac872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB231

secondary

#7C79C5

accent

#48E04C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB231

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

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