#AEA855#AEA855

#AEA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA855
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -9.30, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 44.19, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0274 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.106 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.0988, 37.6608, 14.1183)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA855 #555BAE

analogous

#AE7B55 #AEA855 #87AE55

triadic

#AEA855 #55AEA8 #A855AE

tetradic

#AEA855 #55AE7B #555BAE #AE5587

square

#AEA855 #55AE7B #555BAE #AE5587

split-complementary

#AEA855 #5587AE #7B55AE

monochromatic

#5D592C #868140 #AEA855 #C2BD7E #D5D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AEA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA855

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA855	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c187',
    500: '#aea855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea855;
$custom-light: #c8c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.3766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA855

secondary

#9C9EC3

accent

#64CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA855

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

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