#AEAA53#AEAA53

#AEAA53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAA53
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -10.53, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 46.02, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0311 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.11 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3925, 38.3736, 13.8298)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAA53 #5357AE

analogous

#AE7D53 #AEAA53 #84AE53

triadic

#AEAA53 #53AEAA #AA53AE

tetradic

#AEAA53 #53AE7D #5357AE #AE5384

square

#AEAA53 #53AE7D #5357AE #AE5384

split-complementary

#AEAA53 #5384AE #7D53AE

monochromatic

#5C592B #85823F #AEAA53 #C2BF7D #D5D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEAA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AEAA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAA53

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAA53	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)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c386',
    500: '#aeaa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaa53;
$custom-light: #c8c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAA53

secondary

#9A9CC3

accent

#61CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAA53

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

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