#AEA649#AEA649

#AEA649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA649
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -9.25, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 49.07, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0286 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.115 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2954, 36.7532, 11.6949)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA649 #4951AE

analogous

#AE7349 #AEA649 #83AE49

triadic

#AEA649 #49AEA6 #A649AE

tetradic

#AEA649 #49AE73 #4951AE #AE4983

square

#AEA649 #49AE73 #4951AE #AE4983

split-complementary

#AEA649 #4983AE #7349AE

monochromatic

#585425 #837D37 #AEA649 #C3BD71 #D5D19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AEA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA649

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA649	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)

#B3A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c07f',
    500: '#aea649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea649;
$custom-light: #c9c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71311,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA649

secondary

#9195C2

accent

#61D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA649

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

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