#AEA85F#AEA85F

#AEA85F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.095 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA85F
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 45.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -8.35, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 39.22, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0236 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.095 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5245, 37.8311, 16.3604)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA85F #5F65AE

analogous

#AE805F #AEA85F #8CAE5F

triadic

#AEA85F #5FAEA8 #A85FAE

tetradic

#AEA85F #5FAE80 #5F65AE #AE5F8C

square

#AEA85F #5FAE80 #5F65AE #AE5F8C

split-complementary

#AEA85F #5F8CAE #805FAE

monochromatic

#615E31 #8A8546 #AEA85F #C3BE88 #D7D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AEA85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA85F

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA85F	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.095 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c18e',
    500: '#aea85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea85f;
$custom-light: #c8c18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 32.78,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA85F

secondary

#A3A6C6

accent

#67C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA85F

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

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