#AEAA49#AEAA49

#AEAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA49
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -11.35, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 50.71, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0346 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.119 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0339, 38.2302, 11.9411)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA49 #494DAE

analogous

#AE7749 #AEAA49 #7FAE49

triadic

#AEAA49 #49AEAA #AA49AE

tetradic

#AEAA49 #49AE77 #494DAE #AE497F

square

#AEAA49 #49AE77 #494DAE #AE497F

split-complementary

#AEAA49 #497FAE #7749AE

monochromatic

#585625 #838037 #AEAA49 #C3C071 #D5D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AEAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA49

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA49	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37f',
    500: '#aeaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa49;
$custom-light: #c9c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA49

secondary

#9193C2

accent

#5CD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA49

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

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