#AEB317#AEB317

#AEB317 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.158 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB317
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -18.36, 68.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 71.21, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0587 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.158 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7316, 41.3016, 7.0056)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB317 #1C17B3

analogous

#B36A17 #AEB317 #60B317

triadic

#AEB317 #17AEB3 #B317AE

tetradic

#AEB317 #17B36A #1C17B3 #B31760

square

#AEB317 #17B36A #1C17B3 #B31760

split-complementary

#AEB317 #1760B3 #6A17B3

monochromatic

#454709 #797D10 #AEB317 #DDE324 #E5EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEB317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB317

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB317	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.158 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac968',
    500: '#aeb317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb317;
$custom-light: #cac968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.923,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB317

secondary

#5C58CD

accent

#34F43A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB317

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

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