#AEA271#AEA271

#AEA271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.068 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA271
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 113)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 35.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -3.11, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 27.28, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0071 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.068 96)
XYZ	xyz(33.3570, 36.0325, 20.8174)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA271 #717DAE

analogous

#AE8471 #AEA271 #9CAE71

triadic

#AEA271 #71AEA2 #A271AE

tetradic

#AEA271 #71AE84 #717DAE #AE719C

square

#AEA271 #71AE84 #717DAE #AE719C

split-complementary

#AEA271 #719CAE #8471AE

monochromatic

#69603C #908452 #AEA271 #C4BC98 #DAD5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AEA271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA271

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA271	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.068 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd9a',
    500: '#aea271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea271;
$custom-light: #c7bd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 27.354,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71053,
    "c": 0.06772,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA271

secondary

#B1B6CA

accent

#77C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA271

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

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