#AEA261#AEA261

#AEA261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.087 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA261
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -4.95, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 35.63, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0136 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.087 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5343, 35.7035, 16.4846)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA261 #616DAE

analogous

#AE7B61 #AEA261 #94AE61

triadic

#AEA261 #61AEA2 #A261AE

tetradic

#AEA261 #61AE7B #616DAE #AE6194

square

#AEA261 #61AE7B #616DAE #AE6194

split-complementary

#AEA261 #6194AE #7B61AE

monochromatic

#625B32 #8B8047 #AEA261 #C3BA89 #D7D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AEA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA261

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA261	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.087 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd8f',
    500: '#aea261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea261;
$custom-light: #c7bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.649,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70772,
    "c": 0.08653,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA261

secondary

#A5AAC6

accent

#70C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA261

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

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