#AEA250#AEA250

#AEA250 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA250
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -6.57, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 44.16, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0201 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8249, 35.4197, 12.7482)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA250 #505CAE

analogous

#AE7350 #AEA250 #8BAE50

triadic

#AEA250 #50AEA2 #A250AE

tetradic

#AEA250 #50AE73 #505CAE #AE508B

square

#AEA250 #50AE73 #505CAE #AE508B

split-complementary

#AEA250 #508BAE #7350AE

monochromatic

#5A5429 #847B3D #AEA250 #C2B87A #D5CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AEA250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA250

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA250	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd83',
    500: '#aea250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea250;
$custom-light: #c8bd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA250

secondary

#989DC2

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA250

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

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