#AEA477#AEA477

#AEA477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.062 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA477
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 31.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -3.42, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 24.95, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0077 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.062 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0611, 36.8823, 22.7739)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA477 #7781AE

analogous

#AE8877 #AEA477 #9DAE77

triadic

#AEA477 #77AEA4 #A477AE

tetradic

#AEA477 #77AE88 #7781AE #AE779D

square

#AEA477 #77AE88 #7781AE #AE779D

split-complementary

#AEA477 #779DAE #8877AE

monochromatic

#6B6340 #918757 #AEA477 #C5BE9D #DCD7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AEA477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA477

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA477	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.062 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be9e',
    500: '#aea477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea477;
$custom-light: #c7be9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 25.346,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.06235,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA477

secondary

#B5B9CC

accent

#77C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA477

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

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