#AEA84D#AEA84D

#AEA84D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA84D
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -9.99, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 48.03, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0302 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.114 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7987, 37.5408, 12.5381)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA84D #4D53AE

analogous

#AE784D #AEA84D #84AE4D

triadic

#AEA84D #4DAEA8 #A84DAE

tetradic

#AEA84D #4DAE78 #4D53AE #AE4D84

square

#AEA84D #4DAE78 #4D53AE #AE4D84

split-complementary

#AEA84D #4D84AE #784DAE

monochromatic

#595627 #847F3A #AEA84D #C2BE76 #D5D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#AEA84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA84D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA84D	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c182',
    500: '#aea84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea84d;
$custom-light: #c8c182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.289,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71793,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA84D

secondary

#9598C2

accent

#60CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA84D

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

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