#AEA357#AEA357

#AEA357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA357
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -6.48, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 41.11, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0191 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.098 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2740, 35.8823, 14.2409)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA357 #5762AE

analogous

#AE7757 #AEA357 #8DAE57

triadic

#AEA357 #57AEA3 #A357AE

tetradic

#AEA357 #57AE77 #5762AE #AE578D

square

#AEA357 #57AE77 #5762AE #AE578D

split-complementary

#AEA357 #578DAE #7757AE

monochromatic

#5E572D #877E41 #AEA357 #C2BA80 #D6D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AEA357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA357

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA357	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be88',
    500: '#aea357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea357;
$custom-light: #c8be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70837,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA357

secondary

#9DA2C4

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA357

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

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