#AEA85D#AEA85D

#AEA85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.097 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA85D
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -8.55, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 40.23, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0244 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.097 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4347, 37.7952, 15.8878)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA85D #5D63AE

analogous

#AE805D #AEA85D #8BAE5D

triadic

#AEA85D #5DAEA8 #A85DAE

tetradic

#AEA85D #5DAE80 #5D63AE #AE5D8B

square

#AEA85D #5DAE80 #5D63AE #AE5D8B

split-complementary

#AEA85D #5D8BAE #805DAE

monochromatic

#605D30 #898445 #AEA85D #C2BE86 #D7D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AEA85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA85D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA85D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.097 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c18c',
    500: '#aea85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea85d;
$custom-light: #c8c18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA85D

secondary

#A2A4C5

accent

#66C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA85D

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

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