#AEA55E#AEA55E

#AEA55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.093 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA55E
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -6.86, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 38.42, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0194 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.093 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9319, 36.7181, 15.9401)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA55E #5E67AE

analogous

#AE7D5E #AEA55E #8FAE5E

triadic

#AEA55E #5EAEA5 #A55EAE

tetradic

#AEA55E #5EAE7D #5E67AE #AE5E8F

square

#AEA55E #5EAE7D #5E67AE #AE5E8F

split-complementary

#AEA55E #5E8FAE #7D5EAE

monochromatic

#615B31 #8A8245 #AEA55E #C2BC87 #D7D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#AEA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA55E

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA55E	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.093 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf8d',
    500: '#aea55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea55e;
$custom-light: #c8bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.25,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA55E

secondary

#A3A6C5

accent

#6BC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA55E

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

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