#AEB318#AEB318

#AEB318 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	#AEB318
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 24)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 86.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -18.33, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 71.01, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0586 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.158 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7418, 41.3057, 7.0594)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB318 #1D18B3

analogous

#B36A18 #AEB318 #61B318

triadic

#AEB318 #18AEB3 #B318AE

tetradic

#AEB318 #18B36A #1D18B3 #B31861

square

#AEB318 #18B36A #1D18B3 #B31861

split-complementary

#AEB318 #1861B3 #6A18B3

monochromatic

#45470A #7A7D11 #AEB318 #DCE226 #E5E95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEB318 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB318

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB318	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)

#C2AE2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.158 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac968',
    500: '#aeb318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb318;
$custom-light: #cac968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB318

secondary

#5E5ACD

accent

#35F33B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB318

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

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