#AEA95E#AEA95E

#AEA95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.097 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA95E
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 46%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -8.98, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 40.17, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0255 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.097 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6646, 38.1837, 16.1843)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA95E #5E63AE

analogous

#AE815E #AEA95E #8BAE5E

triadic

#AEA95E #5EAEA9 #A95EAE

tetradic

#AEA95E #5EAE81 #5E63AE #AE5E8B

square

#AEA95E #5EAE81 #5E63AE #AE5E8B

split-complementary

#AEA95E #5E8BAE #815EAE

monochromatic

#615E31 #8A8545 #AEA95E #C2BF87 #D7D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AEA95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA95E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA95E	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.097 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c28d',
    500: '#aea95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea95e;
$custom-light: #c8c28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 33.058,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA95E

secondary

#A3A5C5

accent

#65C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA95E

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

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