#AEAA31#AEAA31

#AEAA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA31
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -12.84, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 60.63, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0414 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3859, 37.9710, 8.5283)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA31 #3135AE

analogous

#AE6B31 #AEAA31 #73AE31

triadic

#AEAA31 #31AEAA #AA31AE

tetradic

#AEAA31 #31AE6B #3135AE #AE3173

square

#AEAA31 #31AE6B #3135AE #AE3173

split-complementary

#AEAA31 #3173AE #6B31AE

monochromatic

#4E4D16 #7E7B24 #AEAA31 #CDC94F #DBD87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AEAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA31

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA31	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac372',
    500: '#aeaa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa31;
$custom-light: #cac372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71972,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA31

secondary

#777AC4

accent

#4DDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA31

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

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