#AEA161#AEA161

#AEA161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.086 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA161
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -4.41, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 35.23, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0121 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.086 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3589, 35.3526, 16.4261)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA161 #616EAE

analogous

#AE7A61 #AEA161 #94AE61

triadic

#AEA161 #61AEA1 #A161AE

tetradic

#AEA161 #61AE7A #616EAE #AE6194

square

#AEA161 #61AE7A #616EAE #AE6194

split-complementary

#AEA161 #6194AE #7A61AE

monochromatic

#625A32 #8B7F47 #AEA161 #C3B989 #D7D1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AEA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA161

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA161	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.086 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc8f',
    500: '#aea161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea161;
$custom-light: #c7bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA161

secondary

#A5AAC6

accent

#71C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA161

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

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