#AEA245#AEA245

#AEA245 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.115 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA245
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -7.43, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 49.35, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0239 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.115 102)
XYZ	xyz(31.4512, 35.2702, 10.7802)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA245 #4551AE

analogous

#AE6E45 #AEA245 #85AE45

triadic

#AEA245 #45AEA2 #A245AE

tetradic

#AEA245 #45AE6E #4551AE #AE4585

square

#AEA245 #45AE6E #4551AE #AE4585

split-complementary

#AEA245 #4585AE #6E45AE

monochromatic

#565022 #827934 #AEA245 #C5BA6C #D6CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AEA245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AEA245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA245

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA245	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.115 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd7c',
    500: '#aea245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea245;
$custom-light: #c9bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70399,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.35269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA245

secondary

#8D93C2

accent

#63D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA245

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

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