#AEAF57#AEAF57

#AEAF57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAF57
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -12.78, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 46.32, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0371 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.112 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5066, 40.3475, 14.9851)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAF57 #5857AF

analogous

#AF8457 #AEAF57 #82AF57

triadic

#AEAF57 #57AEAF #AF57AE

tetradic

#AEAF57 #57AF84 #5857AF #AF5782

square

#AEAF57 #57AF84 #5857AF #AF5782

split-complementary

#AEAF57 #5782AF #8457AF

monochromatic

#5E5F2D #878841 #AEAF57 #C2C380 #D6D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AEAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAF57

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAF57	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c689',
    500: '#aeaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaf57;
$custom-light: #c8c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAF57

secondary

#9E9EC4

accent

#5CCC5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAF57

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

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