#AEA04F#AEA04F

#AEA04F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA04F
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -5.59, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 43.86, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0174 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4387, 34.7060, 12.4385)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA04F #4F5DAE

analogous

#AE714F #AEA04F #8DAE4F

triadic

#AEA04F #4FAEA0 #A04FAE

tetradic

#AEA04F #4FAE71 #4F5DAE #AE4F8D

square

#AEA04F #4FAE71 #4F5DAE #AE4F8D

split-complementary

#AEA04F #4F8DAE #714FAE

monochromatic

#5A5329 #84793C #AEA04F #C2B778 #D5CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#AEA04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA04F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA04F	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AD9C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb83',
    500: '#aea04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea04f;
$custom-light: #c8bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70084,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA04F

secondary

#979DC2

accent

#6BCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA04F

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

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