#AEAE4E#AEAE4E

#AEAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE4E
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -13.03, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 50.12, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0388 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.119 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.9677, 39.8217, 13.1033)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE4E #4E4EAE

analogous

#AE7E4E #AEAE4E #7EAE4E

triadic

#AEAE4E #4EAEAE #AE4EAE

tetradic

#AEAE4E #4EAE7E #4E4EAE #AE4E7E

square

#AEAE4E #4EAE7E #4E4EAE #AE4E7E

split-complementary

#AEAE4E #4E7EAE #7E4EAE

monochromatic

#595928 #84843B #AEAE4E #C2C277 #D5D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AEAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE4E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE4E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c683',
    500: '#aeae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae4e;
$custom-light: #c8c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE4E

secondary

#9696C2

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE4E

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

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