#AEA44D#AEA44D

#AEA44D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA44D
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -7.88, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 46.39, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0242 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.109 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0716, 36.0865, 12.2957)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA44D #4D57AE

analogous

#AE744D #AEA44D #88AE4D

triadic

#AEA44D #4DAEA4 #A44DAE

tetradic

#AEA44D #4DAE74 #4D57AE #AE4D88

square

#AEA44D #4DAE74 #4D57AE #AE4D88

split-complementary

#AEA44D #4D88AE #744DAE

monochromatic

#595427 #847C3A #AEA44D #C2BA76 #D5D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AEA44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AEA44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA44D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA44D	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#B19F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be82',
    500: '#aea44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea44d;
$custom-light: #c8be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.814,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA44D

secondary

#9599C2

accent

#65CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA44D

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

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