#AEA461#AEA461

#AEA461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.089 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA461
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -6.02, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 36.47, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0167 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.089 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8894, 36.4137, 16.6030)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA461 #616BAE

analogous

#AE7D61 #AEA461 #91AE61

triadic

#AEA461 #61AEA4 #A461AE

tetradic

#AEA461 #61AE7D #616BAE #AE6191

square

#AEA461 #61AE7D #616BAE #AE6191

split-complementary

#AEA461 #6191AE #7D61AE

monochromatic

#625C32 #8B8247 #AEA461 #C3BB89 #D7D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AEA461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA461

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA461	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.089 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be8f',
    500: '#aea461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea461;
$custom-light: #c7be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA461

secondary

#A5A9C6

accent

#6DC85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA461

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

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