#AEA84E#AEA84E

#AEA84E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA84E
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -9.91, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 47.55, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0299 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.113 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8343, 37.5550, 12.7255)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA84E #4E54AE

analogous

#AE784E #AEA84E #84AE4E

triadic

#AEA84E #4EAEA8 #A84EAE

tetradic

#AEA84E #4EAE78 #4E54AE #AE4E84

square

#AEA84E #4EAE78 #4E54AE #AE4E84

split-complementary

#AEA84E #4E84AE #784EAE

monochromatic

#595628 #847F3B #AEA84E #C2BD77 #D5D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#AEA84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA84E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA84E	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)

#B5A345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c182',
    500: '#aea84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea84e;
$custom-light: #c8c182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA84E

secondary

#9699C2

accent

#61CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA84E

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

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