#AEA74B#AEA74B

#AEA74B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA74B
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -9.62, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 48.55, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0294 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.114 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5453, 37.1452, 12.1106)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA74B #4B52AE

analogous

#AE764B #AEA74B #84AE4B

triadic

#AEA74B #4BAEA7 #A74BAE

tetradic

#AEA74B #4BAE76 #4B52AE #AE4B84

square

#AEA74B #4BAE76 #4B52AE #AE4B84

split-complementary

#AEA74B #4B84AE #764BAE

monochromatic

#585526 #837E39 #AEA74B #C3BD73 #D5D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AEA74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA74B

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA74B	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)

#B4A242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c080',
    500: '#aea74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea74b;
$custom-light: #c8c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA74B

secondary

#9396C2

accent

#61D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA74B

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

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