#AEAB4F#AEAB4F

#AEAB4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB4F
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -11.39, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 48.36, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.034 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.115 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4307, 38.6899, 13.1025)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB4F #4F52AE

analogous

#AE7C4F #AEAB4F #82AE4F

triadic

#AEAB4F #4FAEAB #AB4FAE

tetradic

#AEAB4F #4FAE7C #4F52AE #AE4F82

square

#AEAB4F #4FAE7C #4F52AE #AE4F82

split-complementary

#AEAB4F #4F82AE #7C4FAE

monochromatic

#5A5829 #84823C #AEAB4F #C2C078 #D5D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AEAB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB4F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB4F	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)

#B8A546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c383',
    500: '#aeab4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab4f;
$custom-light: #c8c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB4F

secondary

#9798C2

accent

#5ECE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB4F

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

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