#AEB31C#AEB31C

#AEB31C 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	#AEB31C
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 28)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -18.23, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 70.15, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0581 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.157 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7865, 41.3236, 7.2949)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB31C #211CB3

analogous

#B36C1C #AEB31C #62B31C

triadic

#AEB31C #1CAEB3 #B31CAE

tetradic

#AEB31C #1CB36C #211CB3 #B31C62

square

#AEB31C #1CB36C #211CB3 #B31C62

split-complementary

#AEB31C #1C62B3 #6C1CB3

monochromatic

#47490B #7B7E14 #AEB31C #D8DE2E #E2E763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEB31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB31C

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB31C	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: #aeb31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.157 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac96a',
    500: '#aeb31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb31c;
$custom-light: #cac96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.987,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73861,
    "c": 0.15674,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB31C

secondary

#635FCB

accent

#38F03E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB31C

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

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