#AEA455#AEA455

#AEA455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA455
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -7.19, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 42.51, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0213 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.102 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3716, 36.2066, 13.8759)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA455 #555FAE

analogous

#AE7755 #AEA455 #8BAE55

triadic

#AEA455 #55AEA4 #A455AE

tetradic

#AEA455 #55AE77 #555FAE #AE558B

square

#AEA455 #55AE77 #555FAE #AE558B

split-complementary

#AEA455 #558BAE #7755AE

monochromatic

#5D572C #867E40 #AEA455 #C2BA7E #D5D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AEA455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA455

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA455	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be87',
    500: '#aea455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea455;
$custom-light: #c8be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA455

secondary

#9CA0C3

accent

#69CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA455

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

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