#AEA85B#AEA85B

#AEA85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA85B
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -8.74, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 41.23, 102.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0252 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.099 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3473, 37.7602, 15.4273)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA85B #5B61AE

analogous

#AE7F5B #AEA85B #8BAE5B

triadic

#AEA85B #5BAEA8 #A85BAE

tetradic

#AEA85B #5BAE7F #5B61AE #AE5B8B

square

#AEA85B #5BAE7F #5B61AE #AE5B8B

split-complementary

#AEA85B #5B8BAE #7F5BAE

monochromatic

#5F5C2F #888343 #AEA85B #C2BE84 #D6D3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AEA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA85B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA85B	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c18b',
    500: '#aea85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea85b;
$custom-light: #c8c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71975,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA85B

secondary

#A0A3C5

accent

#66CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA85B

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

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