#AEA949#AEA949

#AEA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA949
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -10.82, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 50.29, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0331 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.118 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8471, 37.8567, 11.8788)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA949 #494EAE

analogous

#AE7649 #AEA949 #80AE49

triadic

#AEA949 #49AEA9 #A949AE

tetradic

#AEA949 #49AE76 #494EAE #AE4980

square

#AEA949 #49AE76 #494EAE #AE4980

split-complementary

#AEA949 #4980AE #7649AE

monochromatic

#585525 #837F37 #AEA949 #C3BF71 #D5D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AEA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA949

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA949	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c27f',
    500: '#aea949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea949;
$custom-light: #c9c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA949

secondary

#9193C2

accent

#5DD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA949

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

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