#AEB261#AEB261

#AEB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB261
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -13.36, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 42.85, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0378 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.105 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5342, 41.7032, 17.4846)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB261 #6561B2

analogous

#B28E61 #AEB261 #86B261

triadic

#AEB261 #61AEB2 #B261AE

tetradic

#AEB261 #61B28E #6561B2 #B26186

square

#AEB261 #61B28E #6561B2 #B26186

split-complementary

#AEB261 #6186B2 #8E61B2

monochromatic

#646732 #8C9046 #AEB261 #C3C68A #D8DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AEB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB261

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB261	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c88f',
    500: '#aeb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb261;
$custom-light: #c8c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.963,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74246,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB261

secondary

#A8A6C9

accent

#5DCB63

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB261

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

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