#AEA157#AEA157

#AEA157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA157
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -5.41, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 40.31, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.016 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.096 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9217, 35.1777, 14.1235)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA157 #5764AE

analogous

#AE7557 #AEA157 #8FAE57

triadic

#AEA157 #57AEA1 #A157AE

tetradic

#AEA157 #57AE75 #5764AE #AE578F

square

#AEA157 #57AE75 #5764AE #AE578F

split-complementary

#AEA157 #578FAE #7557AE

monochromatic

#5E562D #877C41 #AEA157 #C2B880 #D6CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AEA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA157

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA157	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc88',
    500: '#aea157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea157;
$custom-light: #c8bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70406,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA157

secondary

#9DA3C4

accent

#6DCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA157

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

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