#AEA255#AEA255

#AEA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA255
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -6.13, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 41.70, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0183 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.099 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0165, 35.4963, 13.7576)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA255 #5561AE

analogous

#AE7555 #AEA255 #8DAE55

triadic

#AEA255 #55AEA2 #A255AE

tetradic

#AEA255 #55AE75 #5561AE #AE558D

square

#AEA255 #55AE75 #5561AE #AE558D

split-complementary

#AEA255 #558DAE #7555AE

monochromatic

#5D562C #867D40 #AEA255 #C2B97E #D5CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AEA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA255

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA255	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd87',
    500: '#aea255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea255;
$custom-light: #c8bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70594,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA255

secondary

#9CA1C3

accent

#6BCB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA255

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

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