#AEAA69#AEAA69

#AEAA69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.086 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA69
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 105)
HSL	hsl(57, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 39.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -8.33, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 35.01, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0227 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.086 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3806, 38.7689, 19.0339)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA69 #696DAE

analogous

#AE8869 #AEAA69 #8FAE69

triadic

#AEAA69 #69AEAA #AA69AE

tetradic

#AEAA69 #69AE88 #696DAE #AE698F

square

#AEAA69 #69AE88 #696DAE #AE698F

split-complementary

#AEAA69 #698FAE #8869AE

monochromatic

#666337 #8D8A4C #AEAA69 #C3C191 #D9D7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AEAA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA69

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA69	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.086 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c395',
    500: '#aeaa69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa69;
$custom-light: #c7c395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72626,
    "c": 0.08604,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA69

secondary

#ABADC8

accent

#68C662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA69

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

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