#AEA162#AEA162

#AEA162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.084 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA162
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 43.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -4.31, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 34.71, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0117 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.084 98)
XYZ	xyz(32.4058, 35.3713, 16.6732)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA162 #626FAE

analogous

#AE7B62 #AEA162 #95AE62

triadic

#AEA162 #62AEA1 #A162AE

tetradic

#AEA162 #62AE7B #626FAE #AE6295

square

#AEA162 #62AE7B #626FAE #AE6295

split-complementary

#AEA162 #6295AE #7B62AE

monochromatic

#635B33 #8B8048 #AEA162 #C3B98A #D8D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AEA162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA162

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA162	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.084 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc8f',
    500: '#aea162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea162;
$custom-light: #c7bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.737,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.3537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA162

secondary

#A6ABC6

accent

#72C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA162

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

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