#AEB252#AEB252

#AEB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB252
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -14.76, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 50.06, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0433 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.12 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8997, 41.4494, 14.1431)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB252 #5652B2

analogous

#B28652 #AEB252 #7EB252

triadic

#AEB252 #52AEB2 #B252AE

tetradic

#AEB252 #52B286 #5652B2 #B2527E

square

#AEB252 #52B286 #5652B2 #B2527E

split-complementary

#AEB252 #527EB2 #8652B2

monochromatic

#5D5F2A #868A3D #AEB252 #C2C57C #D6D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB252

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB252	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c886',
    500: '#aeb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb252;
$custom-light: #c8c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74048,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB252

secondary

#9C9BC5

accent

#59CE5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB252

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

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