#AEA047#AEA047

#AEA047 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.111 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA047
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -6.22, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 47.67, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0202 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.111 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1648, 34.5965, 10.9962)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA047 #4755AE

analogous

#AE6D47 #AEA047 #88AE47

triadic

#AEA047 #47AEA0 #A047AE

tetradic

#AEA047 #47AE6D #4755AE #AE4788

square

#AEA047 #47AE6D #4755AE #AE4788

split-complementary

#AEA047 #4788AE #6D47AE

monochromatic

#575024 #837835 #AEA047 #C4B86E #D6CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AEA047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#AEA047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA047

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA047	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.111 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb7d',
    500: '#aea047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea047;
$custom-light: #c9bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69988,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA047

secondary

#8F96C2

accent

#67D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA047

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

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