#AEB417#AEB417

#AEB417 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.159 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB417
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -18.86, 69.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 71.56, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0601 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.159 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9327, 41.7039, 7.0726)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB417 #1D17B4

analogous

#B46C17 #AEB417 #60B417

triadic

#AEB417 #17AEB4 #B417AE

tetradic

#AEB417 #17B46C #1D17B4 #B41760

square

#AEB417 #17B46C #1D17B4 #B41760

split-complementary

#AEB417 #1760B4 #6C17B4

monochromatic

#454709 #7A7E10 #AEB417 #DCE325 #E5EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEB417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AEB417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB417

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB417	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AE2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.159 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca68',
    500: '#aeb417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb417;
$custom-light: #caca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.293,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB417

secondary

#5E59CE

accent

#34F43B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB417

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

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