#AEB321#AEB321

#AEB321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.155 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB321
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -18.08, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 68.94, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0573 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.155 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8514, 41.3496, 7.6366)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB321 #2621B3

analogous

#B36F21 #AEB321 #65B321

triadic

#AEB321 #21AEB3 #B321AE

tetradic

#AEB321 #21B36F #2621B3 #B32165

square

#AEB321 #21B36F #2621B3 #B32165

split-complementary

#AEB321 #2165B3 #6F21B3

monochromatic

#4A4C0E #7C7F17 #AEB321 #D5DA37 #E0E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AEB321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB321

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB321	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)

#C2AE30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.155 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac96b',
    500: '#aeb321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb321;
$custom-light: #cac96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.055,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73881,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB321

secondary

#6A66CA

accent

#3CEC42

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB321

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

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