#AEAB4B#AEAB4B

#AEAB4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB4B
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -11.71, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 50.21, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0354 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.119 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2894, 38.6335, 12.3587)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB4B #4B4EAE

analogous

#AE7A4B #AEAB4B #80AE4B

triadic

#AEAB4B #4BAEAB #AB4BAE

tetradic

#AEAB4B #4BAE7A #4B4EAE #AE4B80

square

#AEAB4B #4BAE7A #4B4EAE #AE4B80

split-complementary

#AEAB4B #4B80AE #7A4BAE

monochromatic

#585726 #838139 #AEAB4B #C3C073 #D5D49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEAB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEAB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB4B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB4B	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c381',
    500: '#aeab4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab4b;
$custom-light: #c8c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB4B

secondary

#9394C2

accent

#5CD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB4B

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

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