#AEA257#AEA257

#AEA257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.097 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA257
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -5.94, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 40.71, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0175 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.097 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0971, 35.5286, 14.1819)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA257 #5763AE

analogous

#AE7657 #AEA257 #8EAE57

triadic

#AEA257 #57AEA2 #A257AE

tetradic

#AEA257 #57AE76 #5763AE #AE578E

square

#AEA257 #57AE76 #5763AE #AE578E

split-complementary

#AEA257 #578EAE #7657AE

monochromatic

#5E572D #877D41 #AEA257 #C2B980 #D6D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AEA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA257

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA257	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.097 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd88',
    500: '#aea257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea257;
$custom-light: #c8bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70621,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA257

secondary

#9DA2C4

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA257

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

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