#AEA14D#AEA14D

#AEA14D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA14D
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -6.29, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 45.21, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0196 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.107 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5411, 35.0254, 12.1189)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA14D #4D5AAE

analogous

#AE714D #AEA14D #8BAE4D

triadic

#AEA14D #4DAEA1 #A14DAE

tetradic

#AEA14D #4DAE71 #4D5AAE #AE4D8B

square

#AEA14D #4DAE71 #4D5AAE #AE4D8B

split-complementary

#AEA14D #4D8BAE #714DAE

monochromatic

#595227 #847A3A #AEA14D #C2B876 #D5CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AEA14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AEA14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA14D

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA14D	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc81',
    500: '#aea14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea14d;
$custom-light: #c8bc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70274,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA14D

secondary

#959BC2

accent

#69CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA14D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →