#AEAA73#AEAA73

#AEAA73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.074 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA73
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 33.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -7.14, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 29.79, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0186 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.074 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9252, 38.9867, 21.9017)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA73 #7377AE

analogous

#AE8D73 #AEAA73 #95AE73

triadic

#AEAA73 #73AEAA #AA73AE

tetradic

#AEAA73 #73AE8D #7377AE #AE7395

square

#AEAA73 #73AE8D #7377AE #AE7395

split-complementary

#AEAA73 #7395AE #8D73AE

monochromatic

#6A673D #908C53 #AEAA73 #C4C29A #DBD9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEAA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEAA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA73

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA73	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.074 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c39c',
    500: '#aeaa73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa73;
$custom-light: #c7c39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.07405,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA73

secondary

#B2B4CA

accent

#6BC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA73

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

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