#AEA561#AEA561

#AEA561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.090 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA561
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -6.55, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 36.90, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0183 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.09 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0691, 36.7730, 16.6629)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA561 #616AAE

analogous

#AE7E61 #AEA561 #90AE61

triadic

#AEA561 #61AEA5 #A561AE

tetradic

#AEA561 #61AE7E #616AAE #AE6190

square

#AEA561 #61AE7E #616AAE #AE6190

split-complementary

#AEA561 #6190AE #7E61AE

monochromatic

#625D32 #8B8347 #AEA561 #C3BC89 #D7D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AEA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA561

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA561	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.090 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf8f',
    500: '#aea561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea561;
$custom-light: #c7bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA561

secondary

#A5A9C6

accent

#6CC85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA561

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

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