#AEA731#AEA731

#AEA731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA731
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -11.28, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 59.53, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.037 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8299, 36.8590, 8.3430)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA731 #3138AE

analogous

#AE6831 #AEA731 #76AE31

triadic

#AEA731 #31AEA7 #A731AE

tetradic

#AEA731 #31AE68 #3138AE #AE3176

square

#AEA731 #31AE68 #3138AE #AE3176

split-complementary

#AEA731 #3176AE #6831AE

monochromatic

#4E4B16 #7E7924 #AEA731 #CDC64F #DBD67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AEA731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA731

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA731	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac071',
    500: '#aea731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea731;
$custom-light: #cac071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71312,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA731

secondary

#777BC4

accent

#51DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA731

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

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