#AEA97D#AEA97D

#AEA97D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.060 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA97D
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 125)
HSL	hsl(54, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 28.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -5.30, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 24.01, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0129 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.06 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3454, 38.8559, 25.0361)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA97D #7D82AE

analogous

#AE907D #AEA97D #9AAE7D

triadic

#AEA97D #7DAEA9 #A97DAE

tetradic

#AEA97D #7DAE90 #7D82AE #AE7D9A

square

#AEA97D #7DAE90 #7D82AE #AE7D9A

split-complementary

#AEA97D #7D9AAE #907DAE

monochromatic

#6D6944 #938D5B #AEA97D #C5C2A3 #DDDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AEA97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA97D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA97D	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.060 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2a3',
    500: '#aea97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea97d;
$custom-light: #c6c2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72785,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA97D

secondary

#BABCCD

accent

#71C068

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA97D

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

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