#AEA545#AEA545

#AEA545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA545
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -9.02, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 50.50, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0284 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.118 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.9860, 36.3397, 10.9585)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA545 #454EAE

analogous

#AE7045 #AEA545 #83AE45

triadic

#AEA545 #45AEA5 #A545AE

tetradic

#AEA545 #45AE70 #454EAE #AE4583

square

#AEA545 #45AE70 #454EAE #AE4583

split-complementary

#AEA545 #4583AE #7045AE

monochromatic

#565222 #827B34 #AEA545 #C5BD6C #D6D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AEA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA545

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA545	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)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf7d',
    500: '#aea545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea545;
$custom-light: #c9bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7105,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.36339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA545

secondary

#8D91C2

accent

#60D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA545

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

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