#AEAA76#AEAA76

#AEAA76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.070 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA76
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 118)
HSL	hsl(56, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -6.76, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 28.21, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0173 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.07 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1006, 39.0568, 22.8257)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA76 #767AAE

analogous

#AE8E76 #AEAA76 #96AE76

triadic

#AEAA76 #76AEAA #AA76AE

tetradic

#AEAA76 #76AE8E #767AAE #AE7696

square

#AEAA76 #76AE8E #767AAE #AE7696

split-complementary

#AEAA76 #7696AE #8E76AE

monochromatic

#6B673F #918D56 #AEAA76 #C5C29C #DBDAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAA76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AEAA76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA76

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA76	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.070 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c39e',
    500: '#aeaa76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa76;
$custom-light: #c7c39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 25.688,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7286,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA76

secondary

#B5B6CB

accent

#6CC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA76

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

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