#AEA36E#AEA36E

#AEA36E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.072 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA36E
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -4.02, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 29.28, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0099 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.072 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3678, 36.3198, 20.0015)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA36E #6E79AE

analogous

#AE836E #AEA36E #99AE6E

triadic

#AEA36E #6EAEA3 #A36EAE

tetradic

#AEA36E #6EAE83 #6E79AE #AE6E99

square

#AEA36E #6EAE83 #6E79AE #AE6E99

split-complementary

#AEA36E #6E99AE #836EAE

monochromatic

#68603A #8F8450 #AEA36E #C4BC95 #DAD5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AEA36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA36E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA36E	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)

#ADA06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.072 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be98',
    500: '#aea36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea36e;
$custom-light: #c7be98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.687,
    "s": 28.319,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7121,
    "c": 0.07237,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA36E

secondary

#AFB3C9

accent

#74C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA36E

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

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