#AEA84A#AEA84A

#AEA84A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA84A
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -10.22, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 49.42, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0312 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.116 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6952, 37.4994, 11.9931)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA84A #4A50AE

analogous

#AE764A #AEA84A #82AE4A

triadic

#AEA84A #4AAEA8 #A84AAE

tetradic

#AEA84A #4AAE76 #4A50AE #AE4A82

square

#AEA84A #4AAE76 #4A50AE #AE4A82

split-complementary

#AEA84A #4A82AE #764AAE

monochromatic

#585525 #837F38 #AEA84A #C3BE72 #D5D29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA84A

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA84A	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c180',
    500: '#aea84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea84a;
$custom-light: #c8c180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA84A

secondary

#9295C2

accent

#5FD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA84A

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

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