#AEB31D#AEB31D

#AEB31D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.156 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB31D
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 29)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -18.20, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 69.92, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0579 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.156 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7987, 41.3285, 7.3589)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB31D #221DB3

analogous

#B36D1D #AEB31D #63B31D

triadic

#AEB31D #1DAEB3 #B31DAE

tetradic

#AEB31D #1DB36D #221DB3 #B31D63

square

#AEB31D #1DB36D #221DB3 #B31D63

split-complementary

#AEB31D #1D63B3 #6D1DB3

monochromatic

#484A0C #7B7E14 #AEB31D #D8DD30 #E2E664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB31D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AEB31D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB31D

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB31D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB31D	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb31d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.156 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac96a',
    500: '#aeb31d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb31d;
$custom-light: #cac96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb31d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73865,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB31D

secondary

#6461CB

accent

#39EF3F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB31D

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

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