#AEA173#AEA173

#AEA173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.064 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA173
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -2.32, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 25.81, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0047 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.064 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2954, 35.7272, 21.3585)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA173 #7380AE

analogous

#AE8473 #AEA173 #9EAE73

triadic

#AEA173 #73AEA1 #A173AE

tetradic

#AEA173 #73AE84 #7380AE #AE739E

square

#AEA173 #73AE84 #7380AE #AE739E

split-complementary

#AEA173 #739EAE #8473AE

monochromatic

#6A603D #908353 #AEA173 #C4BB9A #DBD5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AEA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AEA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA173

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA173	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.064 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc9b',
    500: '#aea173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea173;
$custom-light: #c7bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.0643,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA173

secondary

#B2B8CA

accent

#7AC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA173

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

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