#AEA131#AEA131

#AEA131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA131
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -8.13, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 57.42, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0281 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.129 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7561, 34.7115, 7.9851)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA131 #313EAE

analogous

#AE6231 #AEA131 #7CAE31

triadic

#AEA131 #31AEA1 #A131AE

tetradic

#AEA131 #31AE62 #313EAE #AE317C

square

#AEA131 #31AE62 #313EAE #AE317C

split-complementary

#AEA131 #317CAE #6231AE

monochromatic

#4E4916 #7E7524 #AEA131 #CDC04F #DBD17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#AEA131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA131

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA131	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabc71',
    500: '#aea131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea131;
$custom-light: #cabc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA131

secondary

#777FC4

accent

#58DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA131

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

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