#AEA45D#AEA45D

#AEA45D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.093 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA45D
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -6.43, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 38.51, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0183 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.093 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7076, 36.3409, 15.6454)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA45D #5D67AE

analogous

#AE7C5D #AEA45D #8FAE5D

triadic

#AEA45D #5DAEA4 #A45DAE

tetradic

#AEA45D #5DAE7C #5D67AE #AE5D8F

square

#AEA45D #5DAE7C #5D67AE #AE5D8F

split-complementary

#AEA45D #5D8FAE #7C5DAE

monochromatic

#605A30 #898145 #AEA45D #C2BB86 #D7D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AEA45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA45D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA45D	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.093 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be8c',
    500: '#aea45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea45d;
$custom-light: #c8be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.09301,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA45D

secondary

#A2A6C5

accent

#6CC95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA45D

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

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