#AEA556#AEA556

#AEA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA556
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -7.63, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 42.43, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0225 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.101 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5913, 36.5819, 14.1465)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA556 #565FAE

analogous

#AE7956 #AEA556 #8BAE56

triadic

#AEA556 #56AEA5 #A556AE

tetradic

#AEA556 #56AE79 #565FAE #AE568B

square

#AEA556 #56AE79 #565FAE #AE568B

split-complementary

#AEA556 #568BAE #7956AE

monochromatic

#5D582D #867F40 #AEA556 #C2BB7F #D6D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AEA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AEA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA556

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA556	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf87',
    500: '#aea556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea556;
$custom-light: #c8bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.864,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA556

secondary

#9CA0C3

accent

#68CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA556

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

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