#AEA356#AEA356

#AEA356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA356
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -6.57, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 41.61, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0194 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.099 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2334, 35.8660, 14.0272)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA356 #5661AE

analogous

#AE7756 #AEA356 #8DAE56

triadic

#AEA356 #56AEA3 #A356AE

tetradic

#AEA356 #56AE77 #5661AE #AE568D

square

#AEA356 #56AE77 #5661AE #AE568D

split-complementary

#AEA356 #568DAE #7756AE

monochromatic

#5D572D #867E40 #AEA356 #C2BA7F #D6D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AEA356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA356

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA356	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be87',
    500: '#aea356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea356;
$custom-light: #c8be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA356

secondary

#9CA1C3

accent

#6ACB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA356

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

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