#AEA950#AEA950

#AEA950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA950
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -10.26, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 47.03, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0307 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.112 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.0924, 37.9548, 13.1707)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA950 #5055AE

analogous

#AE7A50 #AEA950 #84AE50

triadic

#AEA950 #50AEA9 #A950AE

tetradic

#AEA950 #50AE7A #5055AE #AE5084

square

#AEA950 #50AE7A #5055AE #AE5084

split-complementary

#AEA950 #5084AE #7A50AE

monochromatic

#5A5829 #84803D #AEA950 #C2BE7A #D5D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AEA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA950

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA950	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c284',
    500: '#aea950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea950;
$custom-light: #c8c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72047,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.37954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA950

secondary

#989AC2

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA950

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

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