#AEA057#AEA057

#AEA057 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.095 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA057
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -4.87, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 39.91, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0144 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.095 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7476, 34.8296, 14.0654)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA057 #5765AE

analogous

#AE7457 #AEA057 #90AE57

triadic

#AEA057 #57AEA0 #A057AE

tetradic

#AEA057 #57AE74 #5765AE #AE5790

square

#AEA057 #57AE74 #5765AE #AE5790

split-complementary

#AEA057 #5790AE #7457AE

monochromatic

#5E562D #877C41 #AEA057 #C2B780 #D6CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#AEA057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA057

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA057	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.095 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb88',
    500: '#aea057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea057;
$custom-light: #c8bb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.345,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70192,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA057

secondary

#9DA3C4

accent

#6FCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA057

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

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