#AEA95B#AEA95B

#AEA95B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA95B
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -9.27, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 41.67, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0267 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.101 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5326, 38.1309, 15.4891)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA95B #5B60AE

analogous

#AE805B #AEA95B #89AE5B

triadic

#AEA95B #5BAEA9 #A95BAE

tetradic

#AEA95B #5BAE80 #5B60AE #AE5B89

square

#AEA95B #5BAE80 #5B60AE #AE5B89

split-complementary

#AEA95B #5B89AE #805BAE

monochromatic

#5F5D2F #888443 #AEA95B #C2BE84 #D6D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEA95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA95B

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA95B	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c28b',
    500: '#aea95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea95b;
$custom-light: #c8c28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA95B

secondary

#A0A2C5

accent

#64CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA95B

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

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