#AEA35E#AEA35E

#AEA35E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.091 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA35E
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -5.79, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 37.58, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0164 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.091 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5739, 36.0023, 15.8208)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA35E #5E69AE

analogous

#AE7B5E #AEA35E #91AE5E

triadic

#AEA35E #5EAEA3 #A35EAE

tetradic

#AEA35E #5EAE7B #5E69AE #AE5E91

square

#AEA35E #5EAE7B #5E69AE #AE5E91

split-complementary

#AEA35E #5E91AE #7B5EAE

monochromatic

#615A31 #8A8045 #AEA35E #C2BA87 #D7D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AEA35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA35E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA35E	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)

#AF9F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.091 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be8d',
    500: '#aea35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea35e;
$custom-light: #c8be8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.75,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70939,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA35E

secondary

#A3A7C5

accent

#6DC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA35E

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

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