#AEB31B#AEB31B

#AEB31B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.157 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB31B
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -18.26, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 70.37, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0582 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.157 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7747, 41.3189, 7.2329)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB31B #201BB3

analogous

#B36C1B #AEB31B #62B31B

triadic

#AEB31B #1BAEB3 #B31BAE

tetradic

#AEB31B #1BB36C #201BB3 #B31B62

square

#AEB31B #1BB36C #201BB3 #B31B62

split-complementary

#AEB31B #1B62B3 #6C1BB3

monochromatic

#47490B #7A7E13 #AEB31B #D9DF2C #E3E761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB31B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEB31B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB31B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB31B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB31B	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)

#C2AE2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb31b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.157 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac969',
    500: '#aeb31b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb31b;
$custom-light: #cac969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb31b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.974,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.15709,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB31B

secondary

#625ECC

accent

#37F03D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB31B

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

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