#AEA459#AEA459

#AEA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA459
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -6.82, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 40.53, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0198 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.097 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5351, 36.2719, 14.7366)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA459 #5963AE

analogous

#AE7A59 #AEA459 #8EAE59

triadic

#AEA459 #59AEA4 #A459AE

tetradic

#AEA459 #59AE7A #5963AE #AE598E

square

#AEA459 #59AE7A #5963AE #AE598E

split-complementary

#AEA459 #598EAE #7A59AE

monochromatic

#5E592E #887F42 #AEA459 #C2BB82 #D6D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AEA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA459

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA459	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be89',
    500: '#aea459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea459;
$custom-light: #c8be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71081,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA459

secondary

#9FA3C4

accent

#6ACA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA459

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

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