#AEAE79#AEAE79

#AEAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.072 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE79
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -8.49, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 28.58, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0221 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.072 108)
XYZ	xyz(36.0430, 40.6518, 24.0333)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE79 #7979AE

analogous

#AE9379 #AEAE79 #93AE79

triadic

#AEAE79 #79AEAE #AE79AE

tetradic

#AEAE79 #79AE93 #7979AE #AE7993

square

#AEAE79 #79AE93 #7979AE #AE7993

split-complementary

#AEAE79 #7993AE #9379AE

monochromatic

#6C6C41 #929258 #AEAE79 #C5C59F #DCDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AEAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE79

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE79	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.072 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6a0',
    500: '#aeae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae79;
$custom-light: #c7c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.40651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE79

secondary

#B7B7CC

accent

#67C167

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE79

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

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