#AEA04C#AEA04C

#AEA04C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA04C
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -5.83, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 45.31, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0185 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.107 100)
XYZ	xyz(31.3320, 34.6633, 11.8764)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA04C #4C5AAE

analogous

#AE6F4C #AEA04C #8BAE4C

triadic

#AEA04C #4CAEA0 #A04CAE

tetradic

#AEA04C #4CAE6F #4C5AAE #AE4C8B

square

#AEA04C #4CAE6F #4C5AAE #AE4C8B

split-complementary

#AEA04C #4C8BAE #6F4CAE

monochromatic

#595227 #837939 #AEA04C #C3B775 #D5CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AEA04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AEA04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA04C

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA04C	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)

#AD9C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb81',
    500: '#aea04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea04c;
$custom-light: #c8bb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70047,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.34662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA04C

secondary

#949AC2

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA04C

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

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