#AEA265#AEA265

#AEA265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.082 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA265
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 42%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -4.52, 33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 33.57, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.012 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.082 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7256, 35.7800, 17.4918)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA265 #6571AE

analogous

#AE7E65 #AEA265 #96AE65

triadic

#AEA265 #65AEA2 #A265AE

tetradic

#AEA265 #65AE7E #6571AE #AE6596

square

#AEA265 #65AE7E #6571AE #AE6596

split-complementary

#AEA265 #6596AE #7E65AE

monochromatic

#645C35 #8C814A #AEA265 #C3BA8D #D8D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AEA265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA265

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA265	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.082 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd92',
    500: '#aea265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea265;
$custom-light: #c7bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70837,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA265

secondary

#A8ADC7

accent

#71C761

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA265

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

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