#AEA531#AEA531

#AEA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.133 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA531
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -10.23, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 58.81, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.034 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.133 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4664, 36.1319, 8.2218)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA531 #313AAE

analogous

#AE6631 #AEA531 #78AE31

triadic

#AEA531 #31AEA5 #A531AE

tetradic

#AEA531 #31AE66 #313AAE #AE3178

square

#AEA531 #31AE66 #313AAE #AE3178

split-complementary

#AEA531 #3178AE #6631AE

monochromatic

#4E4A16 #7E7824 #AEA531 #CDC44F #DBD47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AEA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA531

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA531	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.133 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf71',
    500: '#aea531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea531;
$custom-light: #cabf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70874,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA531

secondary

#777DC4

accent

#53DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA531

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

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