#AEA65A#AEA65A

#AEA65A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA65A
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 48.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -7.78, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 40.87, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0225 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.098 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9381, 37.0103, 15.0795)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA65A #5A62AE

analogous

#AE7C5A #AEA65A #8CAE5A

triadic

#AEA65A #5AAEA6 #A65AAE

tetradic

#AEA65A #5AAE7C #5A62AE #AE5A8C

square

#AEA65A #5AAE7C #5A62AE #AE5A8C

split-complementary

#AEA65A #5A8CAE #7C5AAE

monochromatic

#5F5A2F #888143 #AEA65A #C2BC83 #D6D2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AEA65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA65A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA65A	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c08a',
    500: '#aea65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea65a;
$custom-light: #c8c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA65A

secondary

#9FA3C4

accent

#68CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA65A

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

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