#AEA055#AEA055

#AEA055 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.098 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA055
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -5.06, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 40.91, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0152 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.098 99)
XYZ	xyz(31.6670, 34.7973, 13.6411)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA055 #5563AE

analogous

#AE7355 #AEA055 #8FAE55

triadic

#AEA055 #55AEA0 #A055AE

tetradic

#AEA055 #55AE73 #5563AE #AE558F

square

#AEA055 #55AE73 #5563AE #AE558F

split-complementary

#AEA055 #558FAE #7355AE

monochromatic

#5D552C #867B40 #AEA055 #C2B77E #D5CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#AEA055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA055

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA055	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.098 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb87',
    500: '#aea055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea055;
$custom-light: #c8bb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.562,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.34796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA055

secondary

#9CA2C3

accent

#6ECB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA055

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

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