#AEAA4D#AEAA4D

#AEAA4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA4D
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -11.03, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 48.86, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0332 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.116 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1708, 38.2849, 12.6621)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA4D #4D51AE

analogous

#AE7A4D #AEAA4D #82AE4D

triadic

#AEAA4D #4DAEAA #AA4DAE

tetradic

#AEAA4D #4DAE7A #4D51AE #AE4D82

square

#AEAA4D #4DAE7A #4D51AE #AE4D82

split-complementary

#AEAA4D #4D82AE #7A4DAE

monochromatic

#595727 #84813A #AEAA4D #C2BF76 #D5D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA4D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA4D	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c382',
    500: '#aeaa4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa4d;
$custom-light: #c8c382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.526,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7223,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA4D

secondary

#9597C2

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA4D

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

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