#AEAB56#AEAB56

#AEAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAB56
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -10.79, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 45.01, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0315 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.108 107)
XYZ	xyz(33.6990, 38.7973, 14.5158)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAB56 #5659AE

analogous

#AE7F56 #AEAB56 #85AE56

triadic

#AEAB56 #56AEAB #AB56AE

tetradic

#AEAB56 #56AE7F #5659AE #AE5685

square

#AEAB56 #56AE7F #5659AE #AE5685

split-complementary

#AEAB56 #5685AE #7F56AE

monochromatic

#5D5B2D #868440 #AEAB56 #C2C07F #D6D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAB56

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAB56	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)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c388',
    500: '#aeab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeab56;
$custom-light: #c8c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7256,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAB56

secondary

#9C9EC3

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAB56

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

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