#AEA74E#AEA74E

#AEA74E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA74E
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -9.38, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 47.14, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0284 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.112 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6504, 37.1872, 12.6642)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA74E #4E55AE

analogous

#AE774E #AEA74E #85AE4E

triadic

#AEA74E #4EAEA7 #A74EAE

tetradic

#AEA74E #4EAE77 #4E55AE #AE4E85

square

#AEA74E #4EAE77 #4E55AE #AE4E85

split-complementary

#AEA74E #4E85AE #774EAE

monochromatic

#595628 #847E3B #AEA74E #C2BD77 #D5D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AEA74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA74E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA74E	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c082',
    500: '#aea74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea74e;
$custom-light: #c8c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71587,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA74E

secondary

#9699C2

accent

#62CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA74E

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

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