#AEA74A#AEA74A

#AEA74A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA74A
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -9.70, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 49.01, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0298 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.115 105)
XYZ	xyz(32.5113, 37.1316, 11.9318)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA74A #4A51AE

analogous

#AE754A #AEA74A #83AE4A

triadic

#AEA74A #4AAEA7 #A74AAE

tetradic

#AEA74A #4AAE75 #4A51AE #AE4A83

square

#AEA74A #4AAE75 #4A51AE #AE4A83

split-complementary

#AEA74A #4A83AE #754AAE

monochromatic

#585525 #837E38 #AEA74A #C3BD72 #D5D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA74A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA74A	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c080',
    500: '#aea74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea74a;
$custom-light: #c8c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.37131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA74A

secondary

#9295C2

accent

#60D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA74A

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

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