#AEA852#AEA852

#AEA852 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA852
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -9.57, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 45.65, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0285 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.109 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9821, 37.6141, 13.5039)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA852 #5258AE

analogous

#AE7A52 #AEA852 #86AE52

triadic

#AEA852 #52AEA8 #A852AE

tetradic

#AEA852 #52AE7A #5258AE #AE5286

square

#AEA852 #52AE7A #5258AE #AE5286

split-complementary

#AEA852 #5286AE #7A52AE

monochromatic

#5B582B #85803E #AEA852 #C2BD7C #D5D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AEA852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA852

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA852	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c185',
    500: '#aea852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea852;
$custom-light: #c8c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA852

secondary

#999CC2

accent

#63CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA852

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

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