#AEAE31#AEAE31

#AEAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE31
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -14.90, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 62.14, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0471 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1472, 39.4935, 8.7821)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE31 #3131AE

analogous

#AE6F31 #AEAE31 #6FAE31

triadic

#AEAE31 #31AEAE #AE31AE

tetradic

#AEAE31 #31AE6F #3131AE #AE316F

square

#AEAE31 #31AE6F #3131AE #AE316F

split-complementary

#AEAE31 #316FAE #6F31AE

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7E7E24 #AEAE31 #CDCD4F #DBDB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE31

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE31	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac572',
    500: '#aeae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae31;
$custom-light: #cac572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72857,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE31

secondary

#7777C4

accent

#48DF48

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE31

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

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