#AEA159#AEA159

#AEA159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.094 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA159
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -5.22, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 39.30, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0152 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.094 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0045, 35.2108, 14.5598)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA159 #5966AE

analogous

#AE7759 #AEA159 #91AE59

triadic

#AEA159 #59AEA1 #A159AE

tetradic

#AEA159 #59AE77 #5966AE #AE5991

square

#AEA159 #59AE77 #5966AE #AE5991

split-complementary

#AEA159 #5991AE #7759AE

monochromatic

#5E572E #887D42 #AEA159 #C2B882 #D6D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AEA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA159

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA159	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)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.094 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc89',
    500: '#aea159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea159;
$custom-light: #c8bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70435,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA159

secondary

#9FA4C4

accent

#6ECA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA159

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

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