#AEA031#AEA031

#AEA031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.128 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA031
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -7.60, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 57.08, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0266 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.128 102)
XYZ	xyz(30.5821, 34.3634, 7.9270)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA031 #313FAE

analogous

#AE6131 #AEA031 #7DAE31

triadic

#AEA031 #31AEA0 #A031AE

tetradic

#AEA031 #31AE61 #313FAE #AE317D

square

#AEA031 #31AE61 #313FAE #AE317D

split-complementary

#AEA031 #317DAE #6131AE

monochromatic

#4E4816 #7E7424 #AEA031 #CDBF4F #DBD07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AEA031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#AEA031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA031

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA031	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.128 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb70',
    500: '#aea031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea031;
$custom-light: #cabb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69784,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.34362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA031

secondary

#7780C4

accent

#59DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA031

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

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