#AEA249#AEA249

#AEA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA249
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -7.14, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 47.50, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0225 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.111 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5796, 35.3216, 11.4563)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA249 #4955AE

analogous

#AE6F49 #AEA249 #87AE49

triadic

#AEA249 #49AEA2 #A249AE

tetradic

#AEA249 #49AE6F #4955AE #AE4987

square

#AEA249 #49AE6F #4955AE #AE4987

split-complementary

#AEA249 #4987AE #6F49AE

monochromatic

#585225 #837A37 #AEA249 #C3BA71 #D5CF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AEA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA249

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA249	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd7f',
    500: '#aea249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea249;
$custom-light: #c9bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA249

secondary

#9197C2

accent

#66D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA249

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

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