#AEA472#AEA472

#AEA472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.069 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA472
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -4.06, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 27.60, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0098 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.069 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7687, 36.7654, 21.2339)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA472 #727CAE

analogous

#AE8672 #AEA472 #9AAE72

triadic

#AEA472 #72AEA4 #A472AE

tetradic

#AEA472 #72AE86 #727CAE #AE729A

square

#AEA472 #72AE86 #727CAE #AE729A

split-complementary

#AEA472 #729AAE #8672AE

monochromatic

#69623C #908653 #AEA472 #C4BD99 #DBD6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AEA472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA472

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA472	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.069 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be9b',
    500: '#aea472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea472;
$custom-light: #c7be9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.06854,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA472

secondary

#B2B6CA

accent

#74C364

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA472

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

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