#AEA45B#AEA45B

#AEA45B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.095 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA45B
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -6.63, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 39.52, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0191 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.095 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6202, 36.3060, 15.1849)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA45B #5B65AE

analogous

#AE7B5B #AEA45B #8FAE5B

triadic

#AEA45B #5BAEA4 #A45BAE

tetradic

#AEA45B #5BAE7B #5B65AE #AE5B8F

square

#AEA45B #5BAE7B #5B65AE #AE5B8F

split-complementary

#AEA45B #5B8FAE #7B5BAE

monochromatic

#5F5A2F #888043 #AEA45B #C2BB84 #D6D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AEA45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA45B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA45B	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)

#B0A055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.095 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be8b',
    500: '#aea45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea45b;
$custom-light: #c8be8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA45B

secondary

#A0A5C5

accent

#6BCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA45B

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

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