#AEAA61#AEAA61

#AEAA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.095 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA61
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 44.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -9.20, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 39.10, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0259 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.095 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9886, 38.6121, 16.9694)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA61 #6165AE

analogous

#AE8361 #AEAA61 #8BAE61

triadic

#AEAA61 #61AEAA #AA61AE

tetradic

#AEAA61 #61AE83 #6165AE #AE618B

square

#AEAA61 #61AE83 #6165AE #AE618B

split-complementary

#AEAA61 #618BAE #8361AE

monochromatic

#626032 #8B8747 #AEAA61 #C3C089 #D7D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AEAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA61

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA61	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.095 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c38f',
    500: '#aeaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa61;
$custom-light: #c7c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA61

secondary

#A5A7C6

accent

#65C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA61

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

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