#AEA931#AEA931

#AEA931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA931
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -12.32, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 60.26, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0399 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(32.1992, 37.5975, 8.4661)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA931 #3136AE

analogous

#AE6A31 #AEA931 #74AE31

triadic

#AEA931 #31AEA9 #A931AE

tetradic

#AEA931 #31AE6A #3136AE #AE3174

square

#AEA931 #31AE6A #3136AE #AE3174

split-complementary

#AEA931 #3174AE #6A31AE

monochromatic

#4E4C16 #7E7B24 #AEA931 #CDC84F #DBD77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AEA931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA931

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA931	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac271',
    500: '#aea931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea931;
$custom-light: #cac271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71752,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.37596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA931

secondary

#777AC4

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA931

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

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