#AEA85E#AEA85E

#AEA85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.096 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA85E
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -8.45, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 39.73, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.024 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.096 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4793, 37.8130, 16.1226)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA85E #5E64AE

analogous

#AE805E #AEA85E #8CAE5E

triadic

#AEA85E #5EAEA8 #A85EAE

tetradic

#AEA85E #5EAE80 #5E64AE #AE5E8C

square

#AEA85E #5EAE80 #5E64AE #AE5E8C

split-complementary

#AEA85E #5E8CAE #805EAE

monochromatic

#615D31 #8A8445 #AEA85E #C2BE87 #D7D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AEA85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA85E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA85E	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)

#B4A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.096 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c18d',
    500: '#aea85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea85e;
$custom-light: #c8c18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA85E

secondary

#A3A5C5

accent

#67C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA85E

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

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