#AEB429#AEB429

#AEB429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.152 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB429
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -18.30, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 67.06, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0573 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.152 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1782, 41.8021, 8.3656)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB429 #2F29B4

analogous

#B47429 #AEB429 #68B429

triadic

#AEB429 #29AEB4 #B429AE

tetradic

#AEB429 #29B474 #2F29B4 #B42968

square

#AEB429 #29B474 #2F29B4 #B42968

split-complementary

#AEB429 #2968B4 #7429B4

monochromatic

#4E5012 #7E821E #AEB429 #CFD545 #DCE077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AEB429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB429

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB429	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.152 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca6f',
    500: '#aeb429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb429;
$custom-light: #caca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB429

secondary

#7571C8

accent

#42E649

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB429

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

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