#AEB431#AEB431

#AEB431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.148 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB431
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -17.95, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 64.48, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0557 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.148 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3323, 41.8638, 9.1771)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB431 #3731B4

analogous

#B47831 #AEB431 #6DB431

triadic

#AEB431 #31AEB4 #B431AE

tetradic

#AEB431 #31B478 #3731B4 #B4316D

square

#AEB431 #31B478 #3731B4 #B4316D

split-complementary

#AEB431 #316DB4 #7831B4

monochromatic

#515417 #7F8424 #AEB431 #CAD052 #D9DD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AEB431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB431

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB431	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.148 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca73',
    500: '#aeb431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb431;
$custom-light: #caca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.748,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74192,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB431

secondary

#7E7BC6

accent

#47E04E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB431

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

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