#AEA565#AEA565

#AEA565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.085 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA565
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 42%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -6.12, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 34.84, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0167 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.085 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2603, 36.8495, 17.6700)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA565 #656EAE

analogous

#AE8165 #AEA565 #93AE65

triadic

#AEA565 #65AEA5 #A565AE

tetradic

#AEA565 #65AE81 #656EAE #AE6593

square

#AEA565 #65AE81 #656EAE #AE6593

split-complementary

#AEA565 #6593AE #8165AE

monochromatic

#645E35 #8C844A #AEA565 #C3BC8D #D8D4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AEA565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA565

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA565	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.085 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf92',
    500: '#aea565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea565;
$custom-light: #c7bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71481,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA565

secondary

#A8ACC7

accent

#6DC761

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA565

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

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