#AEB161#AEB161

#AEB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB161
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 45.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -12.85, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 42.37, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0363 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.103 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3360, 41.3067, 17.4185)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB161 #6461B1

analogous

#B18C61 #AEB161 #86B161

triadic

#AEB161 #61AEB1 #B161AE

tetradic

#AEB161 #61B18C #6461B1 #B16186

square

#AEB161 #61B18C #6461B1 #B16186

split-complementary

#AEB161 #6186B1 #8C61B1

monochromatic

#646532 #8C8E46 #AEB161 #C3C58A #D8D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB161

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB161	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c88f',
    500: '#aeb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb161;
$custom-light: #c8c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74026,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB161

secondary

#A7A6C8

accent

#5ECA62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB161

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

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