#AEAA70#AEAA70

#AEAA70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.078 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA70
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 112)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 35.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -7.51, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 31.37, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0198 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.078 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7553, 38.9187, 21.0073)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA70 #7074AE

analogous

#AE8B70 #AEAA70 #93AE70

triadic

#AEAA70 #70AEAA #AA70AE

tetradic

#AEAA70 #70AE8B #7074AE #AE7093

square

#AEAA70 #70AE8B #7074AE #AE7093

split-complementary

#AEAA70 #7093AE #8B70AE

monochromatic

#68663B #908B51 #AEAA70 #C4C197 #DAD8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AEAA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA70

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA70	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.078 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c399',
    500: '#aeaa70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa70;
$custom-light: #c7c399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.07771,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA70

secondary

#B0B2CA

accent

#6AC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA70

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

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