#AEB31A#AEB31A

#AEB31A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.157 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB31A
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 26)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -18.28, 68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 70.59, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0583 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.157 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7634, 41.3144, 7.1730)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB31A #1F1AB3

analogous

#B36C1A #AEB31A #61B31A

triadic

#AEB31A #1AAEB3 #B31AAE

tetradic

#AEB31A #1AB36C #1F1AB3 #B31A61

square

#AEB31A #1AB36C #1F1AB3 #B31A61

split-complementary

#AEB31A #1A61B3 #6C1AB3

monochromatic

#46480A #7A7E12 #AEB31A #DAE02A #E3E860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB31A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEB31A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB31A

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB31A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB31A	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)

#C2AE2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb31a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.157 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac969',
    500: '#aeb31a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb31a;
$custom-light: #cac969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb31a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.961,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB31A

secondary

#605DCC

accent

#37F13D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB31A

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

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