#AEA258#AEA258

#AEA258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.096 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA258
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 49.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -5.85, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 40.21, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0171 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.096 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1383, 35.5450, 14.3986)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA258 #5864AE

analogous

#AE7758 #AEA258 #8FAE58

triadic

#AEA258 #58AEA2 #A258AE

tetradic

#AEA258 #58AE77 #5864AE #AE588F

square

#AEA258 #58AE77 #5864AE #AE588F

split-complementary

#AEA258 #588FAE #7758AE

monochromatic

#5E572E #877E42 #AEA258 #C2B981 #D6D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AEA258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA258

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA258	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)

#AE9E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.096 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd89',
    500: '#aea258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea258;
$custom-light: #c8bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 34.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70636,
    "c": 0.09636,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA258

secondary

#9EA3C4

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA258

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

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