#AEAA4E#AEAA4E

#AEAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA4E
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -10.95, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 48.40, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0329 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.115 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2064, 38.2992, 12.8495)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA4E #4E52AE

analogous

#AE7A4E #AEAA4E #82AE4E

triadic

#AEAA4E #4EAEAA #AA4EAE

tetradic

#AEAA4E #4EAE7A #4E52AE #AE4E82

square

#AEAA4E #4EAE7A #4E52AE #AE4E82

split-complementary

#AEAA4E #4E82AE #7A4EAE

monochromatic

#595728 #84813B #AEAA4E #C2BF77 #D5D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA4E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA4E	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)

#B7A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c383',
    500: '#aeaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa4e;
$custom-light: #c8c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA4E

secondary

#9698C2

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA4E

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

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