#AEA831#AEA831

#AEA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.136 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA831
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -11.80, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 59.89, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0385 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.136 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0138, 37.2268, 8.4043)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA831 #3137AE

analogous

#AE6931 #AEA831 #75AE31

triadic

#AEA831 #31AEA8 #A831AE

tetradic

#AEA831 #31AE69 #3137AE #AE3175

square

#AEA831 #31AE69 #3137AE #AE3175

split-complementary

#AEA831 #3175AE #6931AE

monochromatic

#4E4C16 #7E7A24 #AEA831 #CDC74F #DBD67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AEA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA831

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA831	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.136 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac171',
    500: '#aea831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea831;
$custom-light: #cac171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA831

secondary

#777BC4

accent

#50DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA831

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

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