#AEA451#AEA451

#AEA451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA451
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -7.54, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 44.47, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0228 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.106 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2172, 36.1448, 13.0626)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA451 #515BAE

analogous

#AE7551 #AEA451 #8AAE51

triadic

#AEA451 #51AEA4 #A451AE

tetradic

#AEA451 #51AE75 #515BAE #AE518A

square

#AEA451 #51AE75 #515BAE #AE518A

split-complementary

#AEA451 #518AAE #7551AE

monochromatic

#5A552A #847D3E #AEA451 #C1BA7B #D5D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AEA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA451

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA451	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be84',
    500: '#aea451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea451;
$custom-light: #c8be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70973,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA451

secondary

#999DC2

accent

#67CC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA451

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

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