#AEA65D#AEA65D

#AEA65D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.095 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA65D
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -7.49, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 39.36, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0214 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.095 103)
XYZ	xyz(33.0684, 37.0624, 15.7656)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA65D #5D65AE

analogous

#AE7E5D #AEA65D #8EAE5D

triadic

#AEA65D #5DAEA6 #A65DAE

tetradic

#AEA65D #5DAE7E #5D65AE #AE5D8E

square

#AEA65D #5DAE7E #5D65AE #AE5D8E

split-complementary

#AEA65D #5D8EAE #7E5DAE

monochromatic

#605C30 #898245 #AEA65D #C2BC86 #D7D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#AEA65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA65D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA65D	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.095 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c08c',
    500: '#aea65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea65d;
$custom-light: #c8c08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71571,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.37061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA65D

secondary

#A2A5C5

accent

#69C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA65D

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

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