#AEA95D#AEA95D

#AEA95D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA95D
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 46.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -9.07, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 40.67, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0259 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.098 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6201, 38.1658, 15.9495)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA95D #5D62AE

analogous

#AE805D #AEA95D #8BAE5D

triadic

#AEA95D #5DAEA9 #A95DAE

tetradic

#AEA95D #5DAE80 #5D62AE #AE5D8B

square

#AEA95D #5DAE80 #5D62AE #AE5D8B

split-complementary

#AEA95D #5D8BAE #805DAE

monochromatic

#605D30 #898545 #AEA95D #C2BF86 #D7D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEA95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA95D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA95D	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)

#B5A457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c28c',
    500: '#aea95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea95d;
$custom-light: #c8c28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA95D

secondary

#A2A4C5

accent

#65C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA95D

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

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