#AEA84B#AEA84B

#AEA84B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA84B
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -10.15, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 48.96, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0309 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.115 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7292, 37.5130, 12.1719)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA84B #4B51AE

analogous

#AE774B #AEA84B #83AE4B

triadic

#AEA84B #4BAEA8 #A84BAE

tetradic

#AEA84B #4BAE77 #4B51AE #AE4B83

square

#AEA84B #4BAE77 #4B51AE #AE4B83

split-complementary

#AEA84B #4B83AE #774BAE

monochromatic

#585526 #837F39 #AEA84B #C3BE73 #D5D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA84B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA84B	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)

#B5A241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c180',
    500: '#aea84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea84b;
$custom-light: #c8c180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7177,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA84B

secondary

#9396C2

accent

#5FD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA84B

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

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