#AEB059#AEB059

#AEB059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB059
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -13.11, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 45.82, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0379 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.111 110)
XYZ	xyz(34.7848, 40.7714, 15.4865)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB059 #5B59B0

analogous

#B08759 #AEB059 #83B059

triadic

#AEB059 #59AEB0 #B059AE

tetradic

#AEB059 #59B087 #5B59B0 #B05983

square

#AEB059 #59B087 #5B59B0 #B05983

split-complementary

#AEB059 #5983B0 #8759B0

monochromatic

#5F612E #888A42 #AEB059 #C2C482 #D6D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AEB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB059

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB059	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c78a',
    500: '#aeb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb059;
$custom-light: #c8c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.379,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73695,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.40771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB059

secondary

#A09FC5

accent

#5CCC5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB059

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

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