#AEA05D#AEA05D

#AEA05D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.089 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA05D
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -4.29, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 36.88, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0121 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.089 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0030, 34.9317, 15.4105)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA05D #5D6BAE

analogous

#AE785D #AEA05D #93AE5D

triadic

#AEA05D #5DAEA0 #A05DAE

tetradic

#AEA05D #5DAE78 #5D6BAE #AE5D93

square

#AEA05D #5DAE78 #5D6BAE #AE5D93

split-complementary

#AEA05D #5D93AE #785DAE

monochromatic

#605830 #897D45 #AEA05D #C2B886 #D7D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AEA05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#AEA05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA05D

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA05D	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.089 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb8c',
    500: '#aea05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea05d;
$custom-light: #c8bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA05D

secondary

#A2A8C5

accent

#71C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA05D

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

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