#AEA778#AEA778

#AEA778 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.064 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA778
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 31%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -4.90, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 25.74, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0119 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.064 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6647, 37.9929, 23.2730)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA778 #787FAE

analogous

#AE8C78 #AEA778 #9AAE78

triadic

#AEA778 #78AEA7 #A778AE

tetradic

#AEA778 #78AE8C #787FAE #AE789A

square

#AEA778 #78AE8C #787FAE #AE789A

split-complementary

#AEA778 #789AAE #8C78AE

monochromatic

#6B6640 #918A57 #AEA778 #C5C09E #DCD9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AEA778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA778

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA778	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.064 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c19f',
    500: '#aea778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea778;
$custom-light: #c7c19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72256,
    "c": 0.06434,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA778

secondary

#B6B9CC

accent

#72C166

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA778

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

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