#AEBE31#AEBE31

#AEBE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.159 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE31
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -22.93, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 68.53, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0695 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.159 116)
XYZ	xyz(36.4244, 46.0479, 9.8745)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE31 #4131BE

analogous

#BE8831 #AEBE31 #67BE31

triadic

#AEBE31 #31AEBE #BE31AE

tetradic

#AEBE31 #31BE88 #4131BE #BE3167

square

#AEBE31 #31BE88 #4131BE #BE3167

split-complementary

#AEBE31 #3167BE #8831BE

monochromatic

#555D18 #818D24 #AEBE31 #C6D458 #D7E189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEBE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#AEBE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE31

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE31	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.159 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad174',
    500: '#aebe31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe31;
$custom-light: #cad174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.809,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76436,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.46047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE31

secondary

#8980CA

accent

#46E257

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE31

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

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