#AEA052#AEA052

#AEA052 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.101 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA052
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -5.33, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 42.40, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0163 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.101 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5504, 34.7507, 13.0266)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA052 #5260AE

analogous

#AE7252 #AEA052 #8EAE52

triadic

#AEA052 #52AEA0 #A052AE

tetradic

#AEA052 #52AE72 #5260AE #AE528E

square

#AEA052 #52AE72 #5260AE #AE528E

split-complementary

#AEA052 #528EAE #7252AE

monochromatic

#5B542B #857A3E #AEA052 #C2B77C #D5CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AEA052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AEA052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA052

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA052	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.101 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb85',
    500: '#aea052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea052;
$custom-light: #c8bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70123,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA052

secondary

#99A0C2

accent

#6DCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA052

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

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