#AEA951#AEA951

#AEA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA951
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 53.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -10.18, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 46.55, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0303 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.111 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1297, 37.9697, 13.3667)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA951 #5156AE

analogous

#AE7A51 #AEA951 #85AE51

triadic

#AEA951 #51AEA9 #A951AE

tetradic

#AEA951 #51AE7A #5156AE #AE5185

square

#AEA951 #51AE7A #5156AE #AE5185

split-complementary

#AEA951 #5185AE #7A51AE

monochromatic

#5A582A #84803E #AEA951 #C1BE7B #D5D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AEA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA951

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA951	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c284',
    500: '#aea951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea951;
$custom-light: #c8c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.774,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA951

secondary

#999BC2

accent

#61CC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA951

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

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