#AEA231#AEA231

#AEA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA231
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -8.65, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 57.76, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0296 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9316, 35.0624, 8.0435)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA231 #313DAE

analogous

#AE6331 #AEA231 #7BAE31

triadic

#AEA231 #31AEA2 #A231AE

tetradic

#AEA231 #31AE63 #313DAE #AE317B

square

#AEA231 #31AE63 #313DAE #AE317B

split-complementary

#AEA231 #317BAE #6331AE

monochromatic

#4E4916 #7E7624 #AEA231 #CDC14F #DBD27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AEA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA231

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA231	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd71',
    500: '#aea231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea231;
$custom-light: #cabd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA231

secondary

#777EC4

accent

#57DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA231

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →