#AEA657#AEA657

#AEA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA657
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -8.07, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 42.36, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0236 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.102 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8130, 36.9603, 14.4206)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA657 #575FAE

analogous

#AE7A57 #AEA657 #8AAE57

triadic

#AEA657 #57AEA6 #A657AE

tetradic

#AEA657 #57AE7A #575FAE #AE578A

square

#AEA657 #57AE7A #575FAE #AE578A

split-complementary

#AEA657 #578AAE #7A57AE

monochromatic

#5E592D #878041 #AEA657 #C2BC80 #D6D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AEA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA657

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA657	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c088',
    500: '#aea657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea657;
$custom-light: #c8c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71485,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA657

secondary

#9DA1C4

accent

#67CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA657

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

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