#AEA449#AEA449

#AEA449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA449
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -8.20, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 48.28, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0256 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.113 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9347, 36.0318, 11.5747)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA449 #4953AE

analogous

#AE7149 #AEA449 #85AE49

triadic

#AEA449 #49AEA4 #A449AE

tetradic

#AEA449 #49AE71 #4953AE #AE4985

square

#AEA449 #49AE71 #4953AE #AE4985

split-complementary

#AEA449 #4985AE #7149AE

monochromatic

#585325 #837B37 #AEA449 #C3BB71 #D5D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AEA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA449

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA449	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be7f',
    500: '#aea449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea449;
$custom-light: #c9be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70876,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA449

secondary

#9196C2

accent

#63D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA449

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

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