#AEAA71#AEAA71

#AEAA71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.076 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA71
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 35.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -7.39, 29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 30.84, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0194 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.077 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8113, 38.9411, 21.3022)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA71 #7175AE

analogous

#AE8C71 #AEAA71 #94AE71

triadic

#AEAA71 #71AEAA #AA71AE

tetradic

#AEAA71 #71AE8C #7175AE #AE7194

square

#AEAA71 #71AE8C #7175AE #AE7194

split-complementary

#AEAA71 #7194AE #8C71AE

monochromatic

#69663C #908C52 #AEAA71 #C4C198 #DAD9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAA71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AEAA71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA71

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA71	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.076 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c39a',
    500: '#aeaa71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa71;
$custom-light: #c7c39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 27.354,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72766,
    "c": 0.0765,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA71

secondary

#B1B2CA

accent

#6AC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA71

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

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