#AEA44E#AEA44E

#AEA44E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA44E
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -7.80, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 45.92, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0239 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.108 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1072, 36.1008, 12.4831)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA44E #4E58AE

analogous

#AE744E #AEA44E #88AE4E

triadic

#AEA44E #4EAEA4 #A44EAE

tetradic

#AEA44E #4EAE74 #4E58AE #AE4E88

square

#AEA44E #4EAE74 #4E58AE #AE4E88

split-complementary

#AEA44E #4E88AE #744EAE

monochromatic

#595428 #847C3B #AEA44E #C2BA77 #D5D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AEA44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#AEA44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA44E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA44E	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)

#B19F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be82',
    500: '#aea44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea44e;
$custom-light: #c8be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA44E

secondary

#969AC2

accent

#66CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA44E

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

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