#AEA04A#AEA04A

#AEA04A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA04A
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -5.99, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 46.26, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0191 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.108 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2635, 34.6359, 11.5158)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA04A #4A58AE

analogous

#AE6E4A #AEA04A #8AAE4A

triadic

#AEA04A #4AAEA0 #A04AAE

tetradic

#AEA04A #4AAE6E #4A58AE #AE4A8A

square

#AEA04A #4AAE6E #4A58AE #AE4A8A

split-complementary

#AEA04A #4A8AAE #6E4AAE

monochromatic

#585125 #837938 #AEA04A #C3B872 #D5CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AEA04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AEA04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA04A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA04A	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb7f',
    500: '#aea04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea04a;
$custom-light: #c8bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA04A

secondary

#9299C2

accent

#68D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA04A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →