#AEA059#AEA059

#AEA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA059
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -4.68, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 38.91, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0137 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8305, 34.8627, 14.5017)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA059 #5967AE

analogous

#AE7659 #AEA059 #92AE59

triadic

#AEA059 #59AEA0 #A059AE

tetradic

#AEA059 #59AE76 #5967AE #AE5992

square

#AEA059 #59AE76 #5967AE #AE5992

split-complementary

#AEA059 #5992AE #7659AE

monochromatic

#5E572E #887C42 #AEA059 #C2B882 #D6CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#AEA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA059

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA059	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb89',
    500: '#aea059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea059;
$custom-light: #c8bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70221,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA059

secondary

#9FA5C4

accent

#6FCA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA059

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

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