#AEAE52#AEAE52

#AEAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.115 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE52
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -12.70, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 48.26, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0374 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.115 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1154, 39.8808, 13.8817)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE52 #5252AE

analogous

#AE8052 #AEAE52 #80AE52

triadic

#AEAE52 #52AEAE #AE52AE

tetradic

#AEAE52 #52AE80 #5252AE #AE5280

square

#AEAE52 #52AE80 #5252AE #AE5280

split-complementary

#AEAE52 #5280AE #8052AE

monochromatic

#5B5B2B #85853E #AEAE52 #C2C27C #D5D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AEAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE52

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE52	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.115 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c685',
    500: '#aeae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae52;
$custom-light: #c8c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73167,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE52

secondary

#9999C2

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE52

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

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