#AEA86D#AEA86D

#AEA86D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.079 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA86D
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 37.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -6.81, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 32.01, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.018 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.079 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2190, 38.1089, 20.0182)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA86D #6D73AE

analogous

#AE886D #AEA86D #93AE6D

triadic

#AEA86D #6DAEA8 #A86DAE

tetradic

#AEA86D #6DAE88 #6D73AE #AE6D93

square

#AEA86D #6DAE88 #6D73AE #AE6D93

split-complementary

#AEA86D #6D93AE #886DAE

monochromatic

#676339 #8F894F #AEA86D #C4BF94 #DAD7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEA86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA86D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA86D	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.079 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c197',
    500: '#aea86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea86d;
$custom-light: #c7c197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 28.634,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72263,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA86D

secondary

#AEB0C9

accent

#6CC563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA86D

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

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