#AEA262#AEA262

#AEA262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.085 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA262
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 43.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -4.84, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 35.12, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0133 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.085 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5813, 35.7222, 16.7317)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA262 #626EAE

analogous

#AE7C62 #AEA262 #94AE62

triadic

#AEA262 #62AEA2 #A262AE

tetradic

#AEA262 #62AE7C #626EAE #AE6294

square

#AEA262 #62AE7C #626EAE #AE6294

split-complementary

#AEA262 #6294AE #7C62AE

monochromatic

#635B33 #8B8048 #AEA262 #C3BA8A #D8D2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AEA262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA262

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA262	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.085 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd90',
    500: '#aea262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea262;
$custom-light: #c7bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.08541,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA262

secondary

#A6ABC6

accent

#70C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA262

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

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