#AEA65E#AEA65E

#AEA65E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.094 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA65E
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -7.39, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 38.85, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.021 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.094 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1129, 37.0802, 16.0004)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA65E #5E66AE

analogous

#AE7E5E #AEA65E #8EAE5E

triadic

#AEA65E #5EAEA6 #A65EAE

tetradic

#AEA65E #5EAE7E #5E66AE #AE5E8E

square

#AEA65E #5EAE7E #5E66AE #AE5E8E

split-complementary

#AEA65E #5E8EAE #7E5EAE

monochromatic

#615C31 #8A8345 #AEA65E #C2BD87 #D7D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AEA65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA65E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA65E	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.094 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c08d',
    500: '#aea65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea65e;
$custom-light: #c8c08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71586,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA65E

secondary

#A3A6C5

accent

#69C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA65E

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

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