#AEA549#AEA549

#AEA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA549
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -8.72, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 48.67, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0271 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.114 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1144, 36.3911, 11.6346)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA549 #4952AE

analogous

#AE7249 #AEA549 #84AE49

triadic

#AEA549 #49AEA5 #A549AE

tetradic

#AEA549 #49AE72 #4952AE #AE4984

square

#AEA549 #49AE72 #4952AE #AE4984

split-complementary

#AEA549 #4984AE #7249AE

monochromatic

#585325 #837C37 #AEA549 #C3BC71 #D5D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AEA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AEA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA549

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA549	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf7f',
    500: '#aea549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea549;
$custom-light: #c9bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA549

secondary

#9195C2

accent

#62D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA549

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

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