#AEB461#AEB461

#AEB461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB461
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -14.39, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 43.82, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0407 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.107 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9350, 42.5049, 17.6182)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB461 #6761B4

analogous

#B49161 #AEB461 #85B461

triadic

#AEB461 #61AEB4 #B461AE

tetradic

#AEB461 #61B491 #6761B4 #B46185

square

#AEB461 #61B491 #6761B4 #B46185

split-complementary

#AEB461 #6185B4 #9161B4

monochromatic

#656932 #8D9245 #AEB461 #C3C88B #D9DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#AEB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB461

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB461	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca90',
    500: '#aeb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb461;
$custom-light: #c8ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.337,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB461

secondary

#A9A7CA

accent

#5CCC64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB461

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

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