#AEAE53#AEAE53

#AEAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAE53
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -12.61, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 47.78, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0371 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.114 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1538, 39.8962, 14.0835)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAE53 #5353AE

analogous

#AE8053 #AEAE53 #80AE53

triadic

#AEAE53 #53AEAE #AE53AE

tetradic

#AEAE53 #53AE80 #5353AE #AE5380

square

#AEAE53 #53AE80 #5353AE #AE5380

split-complementary

#AEAE53 #5380AE #8053AE

monochromatic

#5C5C2B #85853F #AEAE53 #C2C27D #D5D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AEAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAE53

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAE53	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)

#BAA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c686',
    500: '#aeae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeae53;
$custom-light: #c8c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73179,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAE53

secondary

#9A9AC3

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAE53

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

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