#AEA94D#AEA94D

#AEA94D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA94D
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -10.51, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 48.44, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0317 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.115 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9841, 37.9114, 12.5999)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA94D #4D52AE

analogous

#AE794D #AEA94D #83AE4D

triadic

#AEA94D #4DAEA9 #A94DAE

tetradic

#AEA94D #4DAE79 #4D52AE #AE4D83

square

#AEA94D #4DAE79 #4D52AE #AE4D83

split-complementary

#AEA94D #4D83AE #794DAE

monochromatic

#595727 #84803A #AEA94D #C2BE76 #D5D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AEA94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA94D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA94D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c282',
    500: '#aea94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea94d;
$custom-light: #c8c282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA94D

secondary

#9597C2

accent

#5FCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA94D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →