#AEB31E#AEB31E

#AEB31E 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	#AEB31E
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -18.17, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 69.68, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0578 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.156 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8112, 41.3335, 7.4251)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB31E #231EB3

analogous

#B36D1E #AEB31E #64B31E

triadic

#AEB31E #1EAEB3 #B31EAE

tetradic

#AEB31E #1EB36D #231EB3 #B31E64

square

#AEB31E #1EB36D #231EB3 #B31E64

split-complementary

#AEB31E #1E64B3 #6D1EB3

monochromatic

#484A0C #7B7F15 #AEB31E #D7DD32 #E1E566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB31E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AEB31E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB31E

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB31E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB31E	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb31e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.156 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac96a',
    500: '#aeb31e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb31e;
$custom-light: #cac96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb31e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.013,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB31E

secondary

#6662CB

accent

#3AEE40

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB31E

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

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