#AEA155#AEA155

#AEA155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA155
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -5.59, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 41.30, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0167 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.099 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8411, 35.1454, 13.6991)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA155 #5562AE

analogous

#AE7455 #AEA155 #8EAE55

triadic

#AEA155 #55AEA1 #A155AE

tetradic

#AEA155 #55AE74 #5562AE #AE558E

square

#AEA155 #55AE74 #5562AE #AE558E

split-complementary

#AEA155 #558EAE #7455AE

monochromatic

#5D552C #867C40 #AEA155 #C2B87E #D5CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AEA155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA155

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA155	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc87',
    500: '#aea155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea155;
$custom-light: #c8bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70378,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA155

secondary

#9CA1C3

accent

#6DCB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA155

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

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