#AEB931#AEB931

#AEB931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.153 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB931
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -20.46, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 66.48, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0626 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.153 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3599, 43.9190, 9.5197)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB931 #3C31B9

analogous

#B98031 #AEB931 #6AB931

triadic

#AEB931 #31AEB9 #B931AE

tetradic

#AEB931 #31B980 #3C31B9 #B9316A

square

#AEB931 #31B980 #3C31B9 #B9316A

split-complementary

#AEB931 #316AB9 #8031B9

monochromatic

#535817 #808924 #AEB931 #C8D255 #D8DF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AEB931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#AEB931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB931

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB931	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.153 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd73',
    500: '#aeb931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb931;
$custom-light: #cacd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.1531,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB931

secondary

#837DC8

accent

#46E153

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB931

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

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