#AEAA56#AEAA56

#AEAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA56
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -10.26, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 44.57, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.03 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.107 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5108, 38.4209, 14.4530)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA56 #565AAE

analogous

#AE7E56 #AEAA56 #86AE56

triadic

#AEAA56 #56AEAA #AA56AE

tetradic

#AEAA56 #56AE7E #565AAE #AE5686

square

#AEAA56 #56AE7E #565AAE #AE5686

split-complementary

#AEAA56 #5686AE #7E56AE

monochromatic

#5D5B2D #868340 #AEAA56 #C2BF7F #D6D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA56

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA56	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)

#B6A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c388',
    500: '#aeaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa56;
$custom-light: #c8c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72342,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA56

secondary

#9C9EC3

accent

#62CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA56

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

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