#AEA359#AEA359

#AEA359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.096 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA359
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -6.29, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 40.11, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0183 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.096 101)
XYZ	xyz(32.3568, 35.9154, 14.6772)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA359 #5964AE

analogous

#AE7959 #AEA359 #8FAE59

triadic

#AEA359 #59AEA3 #A359AE

tetradic

#AEA359 #59AE79 #5964AE #AE598F

square

#AEA359 #59AE79 #5964AE #AE598F

split-complementary

#AEA359 #598FAE #7959AE

monochromatic

#5E582E #887F42 #AEA359 #C2BA82 #D6D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AEA359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AEA359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA359

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA359	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)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.096 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be89',
    500: '#aea359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea359;
$custom-light: #c8be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70865,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.35914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA359

secondary

#9FA4C4

accent

#6BCA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA359

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

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