#AEA651#AEA651

#AEA651 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA651
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -8.60, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 45.29, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0258 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.108 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5779, 36.8662, 13.1828)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA651 #5159AE

analogous

#AE7851 #AEA651 #87AE51

triadic

#AEA651 #51AEA6 #A651AE

tetradic

#AEA651 #51AE78 #5159AE #AE5187

square

#AEA651 #51AE78 #5159AE #AE5187

split-complementary

#AEA651 #5187AE #7851AE

monochromatic

#5A562A #847E3E #AEA651 #C1BB7B #D5D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AEA651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA651

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA651	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c084',
    500: '#aea651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea651;
$custom-light: #c8c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.839,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71406,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA651

secondary

#999CC2

accent

#65CC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA651

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

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