#AEB331#AEB331

#AEB331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.147 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB331
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -17.44, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 64.08, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0543 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.147 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1312, 41.4615, 9.1101)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB331 #3631B3

analogous

#B37731 #AEB331 #6DB331

triadic

#AEB331 #31AEB3 #B331AE

tetradic

#AEB331 #31B377 #3631B3 #B3316D

square

#AEB331 #31B377 #3631B3 #B3316D

split-complementary

#AEB331 #316DB3 #7731B3

monochromatic

#515317 #7F8324 #AEB331 #CBD052 #D9DD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEB331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB331

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB331	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.147 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac973',
    500: '#aeb331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb331;
$custom-light: #cac973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73968,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB331

secondary

#7D7AC6

accent

#48E04D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB331

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

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