#AEB831#AEB831

#AEB831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.152 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB831
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -19.96, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 66.08, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0613 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.152 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1515, 43.5021, 9.4502)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB831 #3B31B8

analogous

#B87E31 #AEB831 #6BB831

triadic

#AEB831 #31AEB8 #B831AE

tetradic

#AEB831 #31B87E #3B31B8 #B8316B

square

#AEB831 #31B87E #3B31B8 #B8316B

split-complementary

#AEB831 #316BB8 #7E31B8

monochromatic

#535717 #808824 #AEB831 #C8D255 #D8DE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#AEB831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB831

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB831	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.152 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd73',
    500: '#aeb831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb831;
$custom-light: #cacd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75087,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB831

secondary

#827DC8

accent

#47E152

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB831

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

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