#AEBA1D#AEBA1D

#AEBA1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.163 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA1D
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 29)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 84.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -21.70, 69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 72.48, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0676 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.163 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2374, 44.2059, 7.8385)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA1D #291DBA

analogous

#BA781D #AEBA1D #60BA1D

triadic

#AEBA1D #1DAEBA #BA1DAE

tetradic

#AEBA1D #1DBA78 #291DBA #BA1D60

square

#AEBA1D #1DBA78 #291DBA #BA1D60

split-complementary

#AEBA1D #1D60BA #781DBA

monochromatic

#4B500C #7C8515 #AEBA1D #D2DF35 #DEE86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#AEBA1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA1D

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA1D	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.163 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace6b',
    500: '#aeba1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba1d;
$custom-light: #cace6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.586,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75437,
    "c": 0.16345,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA1D

secondary

#6D65CD

accent

#38F046

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F9EC

border

#D2D2C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA1D

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

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