#AEA050#AEA050

#AEA050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA050
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -5.50, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 43.38, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.017 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4754, 34.7207, 12.6317)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA050 #505EAE

analogous

#AE7150 #AEA050 #8DAE50

triadic

#AEA050 #50AEA0 #A050AE

tetradic

#AEA050 #50AE71 #505EAE #AE508D

square

#AEA050 #50AE71 #505EAE #AE508D

split-complementary

#AEA050 #508DAE #7150AE

monochromatic

#5A5329 #84793D #AEA050 #C2B77A #D5CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#AEA050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA050

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA050	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb83',
    500: '#aea050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea050;
$custom-light: #c8bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70097,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA050

secondary

#989EC2

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA050

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

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