#AEA87D#AEA87D

#AEA87D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.059 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA87D
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 28.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -4.77, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 23.54, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0113 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.059 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.1600, 38.4853, 24.9743)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA87D #7D83AE

analogous

#AE8F7D #AEA87D #9BAE7D

triadic

#AEA87D #7DAEA8 #A87DAE

tetradic

#AEA87D #7DAE8F #7D83AE #AE7D9B

square

#AEA87D #7DAE8F #7D83AE #AE7D9B

split-complementary

#AEA87D #7D9BAE #8F7DAE

monochromatic

#6D6844 #938C5B #AEA87D #C5C1A3 #DDDAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AEA87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA87D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA87D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.059 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1a3',
    500: '#aea87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea87d;
$custom-light: #c6c1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72572,
    "c": 0.05914,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.38485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA87D

secondary

#BABCCD

accent

#73C068

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA87D

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

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