#AEA548#AEA548

#AEA548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA548
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -8.80, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 49.13, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0274 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.115 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0815, 36.3779, 11.4614)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA548 #4851AE

analogous

#AE7248 #AEA548 #84AE48

triadic

#AEA548 #48AEA5 #A548AE

tetradic

#AEA548 #48AE72 #4851AE #AE4884

square

#AEA548 #48AE72 #4851AE #AE4884

split-complementary

#AEA548 #4884AE #7248AE

monochromatic

#575324 #837C36 #AEA548 #C4BC70 #D6D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AEA548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA548

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA548	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf7e',
    500: '#aea548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea548;
$custom-light: #c9bf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA548

secondary

#9094C2

accent

#61D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA548

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

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