#AEA256#AEA256

#AEA256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA256
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -6.04, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 41.21, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0179 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.098 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0565, 35.5123, 13.9683)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA256 #5662AE

analogous

#AE7656 #AEA256 #8EAE56

triadic

#AEA256 #56AEA2 #A256AE

tetradic

#AEA256 #56AE76 #5662AE #AE568E

square

#AEA256 #56AE76 #5662AE #AE568E

split-complementary

#AEA256 #568EAE #7656AE

monochromatic

#5D562D #867D40 #AEA256 #C2B97F #D6D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AEA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA256

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA256	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)

#AE9E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd87',
    500: '#aea256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea256;
$custom-light: #c8bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA256

secondary

#9CA2C3

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA256

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

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