#AEB561#AEB561

#AEB561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.108 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB561
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 46.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -14.91, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 44.31, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0422 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.108 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1376, 42.9101, 17.6857)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB561 #6861B5

analogous

#B59261 #AEB561 #84B561

triadic

#AEB561 #61AEB5 #B561AE

tetradic

#AEB561 #61B592 #6861B5 #B56184

square

#AEB561 #61B592 #6861B5 #B56184

split-complementary

#AEB561 #6184B5 #9261B5

monochromatic

#656A32 #8D9445 #AEB561 #C3C98B #D9DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AEB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#AEB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB561

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB561	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.108 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb90',
    500: '#aeb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb561;
$custom-light: #c8cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB561

secondary

#AAA7CB

accent

#5CCC65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB561

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

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