#AEA757#AEA757

#AEA757 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA757
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -8.60, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 42.78, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0252 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.103 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9954, 37.3252, 14.4814)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA757 #575EAE

analogous

#AE7B57 #AEA757 #89AE57

triadic

#AEA757 #57AEA7 #A757AE

tetradic

#AEA757 #57AE7B #575EAE #AE5789

square

#AEA757 #57AE7B #575EAE #AE5789

split-complementary

#AEA757 #5789AE #7B57AE

monochromatic

#5E5A2D #878141 #AEA757 #C2BD80 #D6D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AEA757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA757

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA757	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c188',
    500: '#aea757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea757;
$custom-light: #c8c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71702,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA757

secondary

#9DA0C4

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA757

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

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