#AEA985#AEA985

#AEA985 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.050 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA985
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 23.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -4.17, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 19.72, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0095 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.05 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8771, 39.0687, 27.8368)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA985 #858AAE

analogous

#AE9485 #AEA985 #9EAE85

triadic

#AEA985 #85AEA9 #A985AE

tetradic

#AEA985 #85AE94 #858AAE #AE859E

square

#AEA985 #85AE94 #858AAE #AE859E

split-complementary

#AEA985 #859EAE #9485AE

monochromatic

#6F6A4A #948E62 #AEA985 #C6C3AA #DFDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEA985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AEA985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA985

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA985	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.050 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2a8',
    500: '#aea985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea985;
$custom-light: #c6c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.04992,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA985

secondary

#C0C1CF

accent

#529F47

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA985

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

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