#AEA274#AEA274

#AEA274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.064 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA274
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 33.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -2.73, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 25.69, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0058 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.064 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5287, 36.1012, 21.7216)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA274 #7480AE

analogous

#AE8574 #AEA274 #9DAE74

triadic

#AEA274 #74AEA2 #A274AE

tetradic

#AEA274 #74AE85 #7480AE #AE749D

square

#AEA274 #74AE85 #7480AE #AE749D

split-complementary

#AEA274 #749DAE #8574AE

monochromatic

#6A613E #918454 #AEA274 #C5BC9B #DBD6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AEA274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA274

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA274	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.064 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd9c',
    500: '#aea274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea274;
$custom-light: #c7bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71112,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA274

secondary

#B3B8CB

accent

#78C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA274

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

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