#AEA151#AEA151

#AEA151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA151
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -5.95, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 43.28, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0182 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.103 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6867, 35.0837, 12.8857)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA151 #515EAE

analogous

#AE7351 #AEA151 #8CAE51

triadic

#AEA151 #51AEA1 #A151AE

tetradic

#AEA151 #51AE73 #515EAE #AE518C

square

#AEA151 #51AE73 #515EAE #AE518C

split-complementary

#AEA151 #518CAE #7351AE

monochromatic

#5A542A #847A3E #AEA151 #C1B87B #D5CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AEA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA151

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA151	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc84',
    500: '#aea151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea151;
$custom-light: #c8bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70325,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA151

secondary

#999EC2

accent

#6BCC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA151

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

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