#AEA631#AEA631

#AEA631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.134 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA631
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -10.76, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 59.17, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0355 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.134 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6474, 36.4940, 8.2822)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA631 #3139AE

analogous

#AE6731 #AEA631 #77AE31

triadic

#AEA631 #31AEA6 #A631AE

tetradic

#AEA631 #31AE67 #3139AE #AE3177

square

#AEA631 #31AE67 #3139AE #AE3177

split-complementary

#AEA631 #3177AE #6731AE

monochromatic

#4E4B16 #7E7824 #AEA631 #CDC54F #DBD57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#AEA631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA631

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA631	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.134 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac071',
    500: '#aea631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea631;
$custom-light: #cac071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA631

secondary

#777CC4

accent

#52DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA631

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

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