#AEAC52#AEAC52

#AEAC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAC52
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -11.66, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 47.37, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0345 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.113 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7319, 39.1138, 13.7538)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAC52 #5254AE

analogous

#AE7E52 #AEAC52 #82AE52

triadic

#AEAC52 #52AEAC #AC52AE

tetradic

#AEAC52 #52AE7E #5254AE #AE5282

square

#AEAC52 #52AE7E #5254AE #AE5282

split-complementary

#AEAC52 #5282AE #7E52AE

monochromatic

#5B5A2B #85833E #AEAC52 #C2C07C #D5D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEAC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEAC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAC52

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAC52	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c485',
    500: '#aeac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeac52;
$custom-light: #c8c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAC52

secondary

#999AC2

accent

#5ECC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAC52

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

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