#AEA36D#AEA36D

#AEA36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.074 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA36D
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 37.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -4.14, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 29.81, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0103 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.074 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3136, 36.2981, 19.7164)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA36D #6D78AE

analogous

#AE826D #AEA36D #98AE6D

triadic

#AEA36D #6DAEA3 #A36DAE

tetradic

#AEA36D #6DAE82 #6D78AE #AE6D98

square

#AEA36D #6DAE82 #6D78AE #AE6D98

split-complementary

#AEA36D #6D98AE #826DAE

monochromatic

#676039 #8F844F #AEA36D #C4BC94 #DAD5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AEA36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA36D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA36D	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.074 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be97',
    500: '#aea36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea36d;
$custom-light: #c7be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 28.634,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71191,
    "c": 0.07358,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA36D

secondary

#AEB2C9

accent

#73C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA36D

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

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