#AEA74F#AEA74F

#AEA74F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA74F
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -9.30, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 46.66, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.028 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.111 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6865, 37.2017, 12.8545)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA74F #4F56AE

analogous

#AE784F #AEA74F #86AE4F

triadic

#AEA74F #4FAEA7 #A74FAE

tetradic

#AEA74F #4FAE78 #4F56AE #AE4F86

square

#AEA74F #4FAE78 #4F56AE #AE4F86

split-complementary

#AEA74F #4F86AE #784FAE

monochromatic

#5A5629 #847F3C #AEA74F #C2BC78 #D5D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AEA74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA74F

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA74F	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)

#B4A246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c083',
    500: '#aea74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea74f;
$custom-light: #c8c083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA74F

secondary

#979AC2

accent

#63CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA74F

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

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