#AEAE70#AEAE70

#AEAE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.083 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE70
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -9.62, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 33.29, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0259 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.083 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5166, 40.4413, 21.2611)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE70 #7070AE

analogous

#AE8F70 #AEAE70 #8FAE70

triadic

#AEAE70 #70AEAE #AE70AE

tetradic

#AEAE70 #70AE8F #7070AE #AE708F

square

#AEAE70 #70AE8F #7070AE #AE708F

split-complementary

#AEAE70 #708FAE #8F70AE

monochromatic

#68683B #909051 #AEAE70 #C4C497 #DADABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AEAE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE70

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE70	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.083 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c69a',
    500: '#aeae70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae70;
$custom-light: #c7c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE70

secondary

#B0B0CA

accent

#64C464

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE70

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

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