#AEA156#AEA156

#AEA156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA156
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -5.50, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 40.81, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0164 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8811, 35.1614, 13.9098)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA156 #5663AE

analogous

#AE7556 #AEA156 #8FAE56

triadic

#AEA156 #56AEA1 #A156AE

tetradic

#AEA156 #56AE75 #5663AE #AE568F

square

#AEA156 #56AE75 #5663AE #AE568F

split-complementary

#AEA156 #568FAE #7556AE

monochromatic

#5D562D #867C40 #AEA156 #C2B87F #D6CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AEA156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA156

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA156	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AD9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc87',
    500: '#aea156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea156;
$custom-light: #c8bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70392,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA156

secondary

#9CA2C3

accent

#6DCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA156

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

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