#AEA266#AEA266

#AEA266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.081 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA266
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 41.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -4.41, 32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 33.05, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0116 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.081 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7749, 35.7997, 17.7514)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA266 #6672AE

analogous

#AE7E66 #AEA266 #96AE66

triadic

#AEA266 #66AEA2 #A266AE

tetradic

#AEA266 #66AE7E #6672AE #AE6696

square

#AEA266 #66AE7E #6672AE #AE6696

split-complementary

#AEA266 #6696AE #7E66AE

monochromatic

#645D35 #8C814A #AEA266 #C3BA8E #D8D3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AEA266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA266

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA266	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)

#AD9F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.081 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd92',
    500: '#aea266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea266;
$custom-light: #c7bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.08082,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA266

secondary

#A9AEC7

accent

#72C761

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA266

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

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