#AEAE76#AEAE76

#AEAE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.075 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE76
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -8.87, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 30.16, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0234 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.075 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8619, 40.5794, 23.0795)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE76 #7676AE

analogous

#AE9276 #AEAE76 #92AE76

triadic

#AEAE76 #76AEAE #AE76AE

tetradic

#AEAE76 #76AE92 #7676AE #AE7692

square

#AEAE76 #76AE92 #7676AE #AE7692

split-complementary

#AEAE76 #7692AE #9276AE

monochromatic

#6B6B3F #919156 #AEAE76 #C5C59C #DBDBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AEAE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE76

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE76	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.075 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c69e',
    500: '#aeae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae76;
$custom-light: #c7c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25.688,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73722,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE76

secondary

#B5B5CB

accent

#66C266

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE76

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

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