#AEA35B#AEA35B

#AEA35B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.094 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA35B
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -6.09, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 39.11, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0175 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.094 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4419, 35.9495, 15.1255)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA35B #5B66AE

analogous

#AE7A5B #AEA35B #90AE5B

triadic

#AEA35B #5BAEA3 #A35BAE

tetradic

#AEA35B #5BAE7A #5B66AE #AE5B90

square

#AEA35B #5BAE7A #5B66AE #AE5B90

split-complementary

#AEA35B #5B90AE #7A5BAE

monochromatic

#5F592F #887F43 #AEA35B #C2BA84 #D6D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#AEA35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA35B

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA35B	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.094 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be8b',
    500: '#aea35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea35b;
$custom-light: #c8be8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70894,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA35B

secondary

#A0A5C5

accent

#6CCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA35B

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

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