#AEA856#AEA856

#AEA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA856
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -9.21, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 43.70, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.027 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.105 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.1388, 37.6768, 14.3290)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA856 #565CAE

analogous

#AE7C56 #AEA856 #88AE56

triadic

#AEA856 #56AEA8 #A856AE

tetradic

#AEA856 #56AE7C #565CAE #AE5688

square

#AEA856 #56AE7C #565CAE #AE5688

split-complementary

#AEA856 #5688AE #7C56AE

monochromatic

#5D5A2D #868240 #AEA856 #C2BD7F #D6D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA856

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA856	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c188',
    500: '#aea856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea856;
$custom-light: #c8c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.37676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA856

secondary

#9C9FC3

accent

#64CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA856

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

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