#AEAE4F#AEAE4F

#AEAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE4F
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -12.95, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 49.66, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0385 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.118 109)
XYZ	xyz(34.0038, 39.8362, 13.2935)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE4F #4F4FAE

analogous

#AE7F4F #AEAE4F #7FAE4F

triadic

#AEAE4F #4FAEAE #AE4FAE

tetradic

#AEAE4F #4FAE7F #4F4FAE #AE4F7F

square

#AEAE4F #4FAE7F #4F4FAE #AE4F7F

split-complementary

#AEAE4F #4F7FAE #7F4FAE

monochromatic

#5A5A29 #84843C #AEAE4F #C2C278 #D5D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE4F

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE4F	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c683',
    500: '#aeae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae4f;
$custom-light: #c8c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE4F

secondary

#9797C2

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE4F

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

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