#AEAD52#AEAD52

#AEAD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAD52
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -12.18, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 47.81, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0359 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.114 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9230, 39.4959, 13.8175)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAD52 #5253AE

analogous

#AE7F52 #AEAD52 #81AE52

triadic

#AEAD52 #52AEAD #AD52AE

tetradic

#AEAD52 #52AE7F #5253AE #AE5281

square

#AEAD52 #52AE7F #5253AE #AE5281

split-complementary

#AEAD52 #5281AE #7F52AE

monochromatic

#5B5A2B #85843E #AEAD52 #C2C17C #D5D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAD52

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAD52	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aead52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c585',
    500: '#aead52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aead52;
$custom-light: #c8c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aead52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAD52

secondary

#999AC2

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAD52

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

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