#AEA16E#AEA16E

#AEA16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.070 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA16E
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -2.94, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 28.45, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0068 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.07 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0155, 35.6152, 19.8841)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA16E #6E7BAE

analogous

#AE816E #AEA16E #9BAE6E

triadic

#AEA16E #6EAEA1 #A16EAE

tetradic

#AEA16E #6EAE81 #6E7BAE #AE6E9B

square

#AEA16E #6EAE81 #6E7BAE #AE6E9B

split-complementary

#AEA16E #6E9BAE #816EAE

monochromatic

#685E3A #8F8250 #AEA16E #C4BA95 #DAD4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AEA16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA16E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA16E	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.070 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc98',
    500: '#aea16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea16e;
$custom-light: #c7bc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.812,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70784,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA16E

secondary

#AFB4C9

accent

#77C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA16E

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

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