#AEAA57#AEAA57

#AEAA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA57
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -10.17, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 44.08, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0297 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.106 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5514, 38.4372, 14.6667)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA57 #575BAE

analogous

#AE7E57 #AEAA57 #86AE57

triadic

#AEAA57 #57AEAA #AA57AE

tetradic

#AEAA57 #57AE7E #575BAE #AE5786

square

#AEAA57 #57AE7E #575BAE #AE5786

split-complementary

#AEAA57 #5786AE #7E57AE

monochromatic

#5E5B2D #878441 #AEAA57 #C2BF80 #D6D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA57

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA57	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c388',
    500: '#aeaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa57;
$custom-light: #c8c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.241,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA57

secondary

#9D9FC4

accent

#62CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA57

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

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