#AEBA31#AEBA31

#AEBA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.154 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBA31
RGB	rgb(174, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -20.95, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 66.89, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.064 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.154 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5699, 44.3389, 9.5896)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBA31 #3D31BA

analogous

#BA8131 #AEBA31 #6ABA31

triadic

#AEBA31 #31AEBA #BA31AE

tetradic

#AEBA31 #31BA81 #3D31BA #BA316A

square

#AEBA31 #31BA81 #3D31BA #BA316A

split-complementary

#AEBA31 #316ABA #8131BA

monochromatic

#535917 #818A24 #AEBA31 #C8D256 #D7DF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AEBA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#AEBA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBA31

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBA31	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.154 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace73',
    500: '#aeba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeba31;
$custom-light: #cace73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBA31

secondary

#857EC9

accent

#46E254

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBA31

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

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