#AEAA79#AEAA79

#AEAA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.067 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA79
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -6.37, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 26.62, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0161 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.067 104)
XYZ	xyz(35.2817, 39.1293, 23.7796)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA79 #797DAE

analogous

#AE8F79 #AEAA79 #97AE79

triadic

#AEAA79 #79AEAA #AA79AE

tetradic

#AEAA79 #79AE8F #797DAE #AE7997

square

#AEAA79 #79AE8F #797DAE #AE7997

split-complementary

#AEAA79 #7997AE #8F79AE

monochromatic

#6C6841 #928D58 #AEAA79 #C5C29F #DCDAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AEAA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA79

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA79	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.067 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c3a0',
    500: '#aeaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa79;
$custom-light: #c7c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.06657,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.39129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA79

secondary

#B7B8CC

accent

#6EC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA79

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

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