#AEA15D#AEA15D

#AEA15D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.090 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA15D
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -4.83, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 37.28, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0137 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.09 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1771, 35.2798, 15.4685)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA15D #5D6AAE

analogous

#AE785D #AEA15D #93AE5D

triadic

#AEA15D #5DAEA1 #A15DAE

tetradic

#AEA15D #5DAE78 #5D6AAE #AE5D93

square

#AEA15D #5DAE78 #5D6AAE #AE5D93

split-complementary

#AEA15D #5D93AE #785DAE

monochromatic

#605930 #897E45 #AEA15D #C2B986 #D7D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AEA15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA15D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA15D	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.090 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc8c',
    500: '#aea15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea15d;
$custom-light: #c8bc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA15D

secondary

#A2A7C5

accent

#70C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA15D

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

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