#AEA779#AEA779

#AEA779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.063 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA779
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -4.77, 24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 25.21, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0115 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.063 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7257, 38.0173, 23.5942)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA779 #7980AE

analogous

#AE8C79 #AEA779 #9BAE79

triadic

#AEA779 #79AEA7 #A779AE

tetradic

#AEA779 #79AE8C #7980AE #AE799B

square

#AEA779 #79AE8C #7980AE #AE799B

split-complementary

#AEA779 #799BAE #8C79AE

monochromatic

#6C6641 #928A58 #AEA779 #C5C09F #DCD9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AEA779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA779

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA779	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)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.063 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1a0',
    500: '#aea779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea779;
$custom-light: #c7c1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.06309,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA779

secondary

#B7BACC

accent

#73C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA779

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

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