#AEA679#AEA679

#AEA679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.062 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA679
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -4.23, 24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 24.76, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0099 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.062 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5432, 37.6524, 23.5334)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA679 #7981AE

analogous

#AE8B79 #AEA679 #9BAE79

triadic

#AEA679 #79AEA6 #A679AE

tetradic

#AEA679 #79AE8B #7981AE #AE799B

square

#AEA679 #79AE8B #7981AE #AE799B

split-complementary

#AEA679 #799BAE #8B79AE

monochromatic

#6C6541 #928958 #AEA679 #C5BF9F #DCD9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AEA679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA679

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA679	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.062 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c0a0',
    500: '#aea679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea679;
$custom-light: #c7c0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.06197,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA679

secondary

#B7BACC

accent

#74C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA679

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

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