#AEAA55#AEAA55

#AEAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA55
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -10.35, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 45.06, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0304 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.108 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4708, 38.4049, 14.2423)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA55 #5559AE

analogous

#AE7D55 #AEAA55 #85AE55

triadic

#AEAA55 #55AEAA #AA55AE

tetradic

#AEAA55 #55AE7D #5559AE #AE5585

square

#AEAA55 #55AE7D #5559AE #AE5585

split-complementary

#AEAA55 #5585AE #7D55AE

monochromatic

#5D5A2C #868340 #AEAA55 #C2BF7E #D5D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA55

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA55	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c387',
    500: '#aeaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa55;
$custom-light: #c8c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.303,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA55

secondary

#9C9DC3

accent

#61CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA55

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

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