#AEA253#AEA253

#AEA253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.102 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA253
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -6.31, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 42.69, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.019 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.102 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9382, 35.4650, 13.3450)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA253 #535FAE

analogous

#AE7453 #AEA253 #8CAE53

triadic

#AEA253 #53AEA2 #A253AE

tetradic

#AEA253 #53AE74 #535FAE #AE538C

square

#AEA253 #53AE74 #535FAE #AE538C

split-complementary

#AEA253 #538CAE #7453AE

monochromatic

#5C552B #857C3F #AEA253 #C2B87D #D5CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AEA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AEA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA253

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA253	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AF9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.102 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd85',
    500: '#aea253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea253;
$custom-light: #c8bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70567,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA253

secondary

#9A9FC3

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA253

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

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