#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
RGBrgb(174, 179, 33)
HSLhsl(62, 69%, 42%)
HSVhsv(62, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(2.8%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.42, -18.08, 66.52)
CIE-LCHlch(70.42, 68.94, 105.21°)
OKLaboklab(73.88% -0.0573 0.1438)
OKLCHoklch(73.88% 0.155 111.7)
XYZxyz(33.8514, 41.3496, 7.6366)
Luminance0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AEB3211.002.279.279.27
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

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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#AEB321 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva