#AEA581#AEA581

#AEA581 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.051 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA581
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 25.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -2.60, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 20.05, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.005 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.051 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8733, 37.4947, 26.1647)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA581 #818AAE

analogous

#AE8F81 #AEA581 #A1AE81

triadic

#AEA581 #81AEA5 #A581AE

tetradic

#AEA581 #81AE8F #818AAE #AE81A1

square

#AEA581 #81AE8F #818AAE #AE81A1

split-complementary

#AEA581 #81A1AE #8F81AE

monochromatic

#6E6647 #93895F #AEA581 #C6C0A6 #DEDACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA581

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA581	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.051 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfa5',
    500: '#aea581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea581;
$custom-light: #c6bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7202,
    "c": 0.05069,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA581

secondary

#BDC0CE

accent

#7ABE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA581

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

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