#AEAB55#AEAB55

#AEAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB55
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -10.88, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 45.50, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0319 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.109 107)
XYZ	xyz(33.6590, 38.7813, 14.3050)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB55 #5558AE

analogous

#AE7E55 #AEAB55 #84AE55

triadic

#AEAB55 #55AEAB #AB55AE

tetradic

#AEAB55 #55AE7E #5558AE #AE5584

square

#AEAB55 #55AE7E #5558AE #AE5584

split-complementary

#AEAB55 #5584AE #7E55AE

monochromatic

#5D5B2C #868440 #AEAB55 #C2BF7E #D5D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB55

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB55	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c387',
    500: '#aeab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab55;
$custom-light: #c8c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.978,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB55

secondary

#9C9DC3

accent

#60CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB55

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

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