#AEA431#AEA431

#AEA431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA431
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -9.71, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 58.46, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0326 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.132 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2867, 35.7726, 8.1619)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA431 #313BAE

analogous

#AE6531 #AEA431 #79AE31

triadic

#AEA431 #31AEA4 #A431AE

tetradic

#AEA431 #31AE65 #313BAE #AE3179

square

#AEA431 #31AE65 #313BAE #AE3179

split-complementary

#AEA431 #3179AE #6531AE

monochromatic

#4E4A16 #7E7724 #AEA431 #CDC34F #DBD37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AEA431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA431

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA431	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe71',
    500: '#aea431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea431;
$custom-light: #cabe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA431

secondary

#777DC4

accent

#55DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA431

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

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