#AEAA52#AEAA52

#AEAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA52
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -10.62, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 46.50, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0315 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.111 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3542, 38.3583, 13.6279)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA52 #5256AE

analogous

#AE7C52 #AEAA52 #84AE52

triadic

#AEAA52 #52AEAA #AA52AE

tetradic

#AEAA52 #52AE7C #5256AE #AE5284

square

#AEAA52 #52AE7C #5256AE #AE5284

split-complementary

#AEAA52 #5284AE #7C52AE

monochromatic

#5B592B #85823E #AEAA52 #C2BE7C #D5D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AEAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA52

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA52	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c385',
    500: '#aeaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa52;
$custom-light: #c8c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA52

secondary

#999BC2

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA52

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

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