#AEA04D#AEA04D

#AEA04D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA04D
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -5.75, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 44.83, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0181 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.106 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3670, 34.6773, 12.0609)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA04D #4D5BAE

analogous

#AE704D #AEA04D #8CAE4D

triadic

#AEA04D #4DAEA0 #A04DAE

tetradic

#AEA04D #4DAE70 #4D5BAE #AE4D8C

square

#AEA04D #4DAE70 #4D5BAE #AE4D8C

split-complementary

#AEA04D #4D8CAE #704DAE

monochromatic

#595227 #84793A #AEA04D #C2B776 #D5CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AEA04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#AEA04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA04D

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA04D	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb81',
    500: '#aea04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea04d;
$custom-light: #c8bb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA04D

secondary

#959BC2

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA04D

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

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