#AEA970#AEA970

#AEA970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.077 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA970
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 35.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -6.98, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 30.90, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0183 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.077 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5686, 38.5452, 20.9451)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA970 #7075AE

analogous

#AE8A70 #AEA970 #94AE70

triadic

#AEA970 #70AEA9 #A970AE

tetradic

#AEA970 #70AE8A #7075AE #AE7094

square

#AEA970 #70AE8A #7075AE #AE7094

split-complementary

#AEA970 #7094AE #8A70AE

monochromatic

#68653B #908A51 #AEA970 #C4C097 #DAD8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AEA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA970

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA970	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.077 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c299',
    500: '#aea970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea970;
$custom-light: #c7c299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72532,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA970

secondary

#B0B2CA

accent

#6CC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA970

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

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