#AEA35D#AEA35D

#AEA35D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.092 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA35D
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -5.89, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 38.09, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0168 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.092 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5294, 35.9844, 15.5860)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA35D #5D68AE

analogous

#AE7B5D #AEA35D #90AE5D

triadic

#AEA35D #5DAEA3 #A35DAE

tetradic

#AEA35D #5DAE7B #5D68AE #AE5D90

square

#AEA35D #5DAE7B #5D68AE #AE5D90

split-complementary

#AEA35D #5D90AE #7B5DAE

monochromatic

#605A30 #898045 #AEA35D #C2BA86 #D7D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AEA35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA35D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA35D	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.092 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be8c',
    500: '#aea35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea35d;
$custom-light: #c8be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70924,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA35D

secondary

#A2A7C5

accent

#6DC95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA35D

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

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