#AEA45E#AEA45E

#AEA45E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.092 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA45E
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -6.33, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 38.00, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0179 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.092 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7522, 36.3588, 15.8802)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA45E #5E68AE

analogous

#AE7C5E #AEA45E #90AE5E

triadic

#AEA45E #5EAEA4 #A45EAE

tetradic

#AEA45E #5EAE7C #5E68AE #AE5E90

square

#AEA45E #5EAE7C #5E68AE #AE5E90

split-complementary

#AEA45E #5E90AE #7C5EAE

monochromatic

#615B31 #8A8145 #AEA45E #C2BB87 #D7D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AEA45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA45E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA45E	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)

#B0A058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.092 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be8d',
    500: '#aea45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea45e;
$custom-light: #c8be8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA45E

secondary

#A3A7C5

accent

#6CC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA45E

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

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