#AEAE7D#AEAE7D

#AEAE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.067 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE7D
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 125)
HSL	hsl(60, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -7.95, 25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 26.46, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0205 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.067 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2934, 40.7520, 25.3521)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE7D #7D7DAE

analogous

#AE957D #AEAE7D #95AE7D

triadic

#AEAE7D #7DAEAE #AE7DAE

tetradic

#AEAE7D #7DAE95 #7D7DAE #AE7D95

square

#AEAE7D #7DAE95 #7D7DAE #AE7D95

split-complementary

#AEAE7D #7D95AE #957DAE

monochromatic

#6D6D44 #93935B #AEAE7D #C5C5A3 #DDDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AEAE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE7D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE7D	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.067 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6a3',
    500: '#aeae7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae7d;
$custom-light: #c6c6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.0665,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE7D

secondary

#BABACD

accent

#68C068

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F3

border

#D1D1CD

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE7D

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

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