#AEAA4F#AEAA4F

#AEAA4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA4F
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -10.87, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 47.93, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0325 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.114 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2425, 38.3136, 13.0398)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA4F #4F53AE

analogous

#AE7B4F #AEAA4F #82AE4F

triadic

#AEAA4F #4FAEAA #AA4FAE

tetradic

#AEAA4F #4FAE7B #4F53AE #AE4F82

square

#AEAA4F #4FAE7B #4F53AE #AE4F82

split-complementary

#AEAA4F #4F82AE #7B4FAE

monochromatic

#5A5829 #84813C #AEAA4F #C2BF78 #D5D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEAA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA4F

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA4F	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B7A446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c383',
    500: '#aeaa4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa4f;
$custom-light: #c8c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA4F

secondary

#9799C2

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA4F

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

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