#AEAC4E#AEAC4E

#AEAC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC4E
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -11.99, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 49.25, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0358 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.117 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5842, 39.0547, 12.9754)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC4E #4E50AE

analogous

#AE7C4E #AEAC4E #80AE4E

triadic

#AEAC4E #4EAEAC #AC4EAE

tetradic

#AEAC4E #4EAE7C #4E50AE #AE4E80

square

#AEAC4E #4EAE7C #4E50AE #AE4E80

split-complementary

#AEAC4E #4E80AE #7C4EAE

monochromatic

#595828 #84823B #AEAC4E #C2C177 #D5D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AEAC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC4E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC4E	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)

#B9A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c483',
    500: '#aeac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac4e;
$custom-light: #c8c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC4E

secondary

#9697C2

accent

#5CCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC4E

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

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