#AEA559#AEA559

#AEA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.098 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA559
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -7.35, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 40.94, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0214 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.098 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7147, 36.6312, 14.7965)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA559 #5962AE

analogous

#AE7B59 #AEA559 #8DAE59

triadic

#AEA559 #59AEA5 #A559AE

tetradic

#AEA559 #59AE7B #5962AE #AE598D

square

#AEA559 #59AE7B #5962AE #AE598D

split-complementary

#AEA559 #598DAE #7B59AE

monochromatic

#5E592E #888042 #AEA559 #C2BB82 #D6D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#AEA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA559

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA559	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.098 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf89',
    500: '#aea559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea559;
$custom-light: #c8bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA559

secondary

#9FA3C4

accent

#69CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA559

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

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