#AEAB4E#AEAB4E

#AEAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB4E
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -11.47, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 48.82, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0344 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.116 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3946, 38.6755, 12.9122)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB4E #4E51AE

analogous

#AE7B4E #AEAB4E #81AE4E

triadic

#AEAB4E #4EAEAB #AB4EAE

tetradic

#AEAB4E #4EAE7B #4E51AE #AE4E81

square

#AEAB4E #4EAE7B #4E51AE #AE4E81

split-complementary

#AEAB4E #4E81AE #7B4EAE

monochromatic

#595828 #84813B #AEAB4E #C2C077 #D5D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB4E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB4E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c383',
    500: '#aeab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab4e;
$custom-light: #c8c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB4E

secondary

#9697C2

accent

#5DCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB4E

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

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