#AEA474#AEA474

#AEA474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.066 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA474
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 33.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -3.81, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 26.54, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.009 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.066 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8838, 36.8114, 21.8400)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA474 #747EAE

analogous

#AE8774 #AEA474 #9BAE74

triadic

#AEA474 #74AEA4 #A474AE

tetradic

#AEA474 #74AE87 #747EAE #AE749B

square

#AEA474 #74AE87 #747EAE #AE749B

split-complementary

#AEA474 #749BAE #8774AE

monochromatic

#6A623E #918654 #AEA474 #C5BD9B #DBD7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AEA474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA474

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA474	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.066 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be9c',
    500: '#aea474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea474;
$custom-light: #c7be9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 26.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71537,
    "c": 0.06608,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA474

secondary

#B3B7CB

accent

#75C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA474

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

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