#AEAB31#AEAB31

#AEAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.139 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB31
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -13.35, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 61.00, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0428 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.139 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.5741, 38.3473, 8.5910)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB31 #3134AE

analogous

#AE6C31 #AEAB31 #72AE31

triadic

#AEAB31 #31AEAB #AB31AE

tetradic

#AEAB31 #31AE6C #3134AE #AE3172

square

#AEAB31 #31AE6C #3134AE #AE3172

split-complementary

#AEAB31 #3172AE #6C31AE

monochromatic

#4E4D16 #7E7C24 #AEAB31 #CDCA4F #DBD97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AEAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB31

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB31	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.139 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac372',
    500: '#aeab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab31;
$custom-light: #cac372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.38346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB31

secondary

#7779C4

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB31

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

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