#AEA772#AEA772

#AEA772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.072 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA772
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -5.67, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 28.93, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0144 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.072 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3119, 37.8518, 21.4150)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA772 #7279AE

analogous

#AE8972 #AEA772 #97AE72

triadic

#AEA772 #72AEA7 #A772AE

tetradic

#AEA772 #72AE89 #7279AE #AE7297

square

#AEA772 #72AE89 #7279AE #AE7297

split-complementary

#AEA772 #7297AE #8972AE

monochromatic

#69643C #908953 #AEA772 #C4BF99 #DBD8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AEA772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA772

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA772	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.072 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c19b',
    500: '#aea772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea772;
$custom-light: #c7c19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA772

secondary

#B2B4CA

accent

#70C364

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA772

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

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