#AEAA72#AEAA72

#AEAA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.075 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA72
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -7.26, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 30.32, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.019 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.075 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8679, 38.9638, 21.6003)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA72 #7276AE

analogous

#AE8C72 #AEAA72 #94AE72

triadic

#AEAA72 #72AEAA #AA72AE

tetradic

#AEAA72 #72AE8C #7276AE #AE7294

square

#AEAA72 #72AE8C #7276AE #AE7294

split-complementary

#AEAA72 #7294AE #8C72AE

monochromatic

#69663C #908C53 #AEAA72 #C4C199 #DBD9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AEAA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA72

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA72	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)

#B3A66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.075 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c39b',
    500: '#aeaa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa72;
$custom-light: #c7c39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA72

secondary

#B2B3CA

accent

#6BC364

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA72

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

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