#AEA259#AEA259

#AEA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA259
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -5.75, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 39.71, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0168 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1800, 35.5617, 14.6182)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA259 #5965AE

analogous

#AE7859 #AEA259 #90AE59

triadic

#AEA259 #59AEA2 #A259AE

tetradic

#AEA259 #59AE78 #5965AE #AE5990

square

#AEA259 #59AE78 #5965AE #AE5990

split-complementary

#AEA259 #5990AE #7859AE

monochromatic

#5E582E #887E42 #AEA259 #C2B982 #D6D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AEA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA259

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA259	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)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd89',
    500: '#aea259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea259;
$custom-light: #c8bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA259

secondary

#9FA4C4

accent

#6DCA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA259

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

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