#AEA048#AEA048

#AEA048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.110 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA048
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -6.15, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 47.21, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0198 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.11 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1972, 34.6094, 11.1666)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA048 #4856AE

analogous

#AE6D48 #AEA048 #89AE48

triadic

#AEA048 #48AEA0 #A048AE

tetradic

#AEA048 #48AE6D #4856AE #AE4889

square

#AEA048 #48AE6D #4856AE #AE4889

split-complementary

#AEA048 #4889AE #6D48AE

monochromatic

#575024 #837836 #AEA048 #C4B870 #D6CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AEA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#AEA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA048

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA048	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)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.110 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb7e',
    500: '#aea048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea048;
$custom-light: #c9bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA048

secondary

#9097C2

accent

#67D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA048

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

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