#AEB531#AEB531

#AEB531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.149 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB531
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -18.45, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 64.87, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0571 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.149 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5349, 42.2690, 9.2446)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB531 #3831B5

analogous

#B57A31 #AEB531 #6CB531

triadic

#AEB531 #31AEB5 #B531AE

tetradic

#AEB531 #31B57A #3831B5 #B5316C

square

#AEB531 #31B57A #3831B5 #B5316C

split-complementary

#AEB531 #316CB5 #7A31B5

monochromatic

#515517 #808524 #AEB531 #CAD053 #D9DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#AEB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB531

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB531	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.149 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb73',
    500: '#aeb531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb531;
$custom-light: #cacb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB531

secondary

#7F7BC7

accent

#47E14F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB531

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

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