#AEA252#AEA252

#AEA252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA252
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -6.40, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 43.18, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0194 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.103 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8999, 35.4497, 13.1431)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA252 #525EAE

analogous

#AE7452 #AEA252 #8CAE52

triadic

#AEA252 #52AEA2 #A252AE

tetradic

#AEA252 #52AE74 #525EAE #AE528C

square

#AEA252 #52AE74 #525EAE #AE528C

split-complementary

#AEA252 #528CAE #7452AE

monochromatic

#5B552B #857B3E #AEA252 #C2B87C #D5CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AEA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AEA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA252

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA252	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd85',
    500: '#aea252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea252;
$custom-light: #c8bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70554,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA252

secondary

#999FC2

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA252

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

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