#AEB156#AEB156

#AEB156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB156
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -13.90, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 47.72, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0404 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.115 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8582, 41.1156, 14.9021)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB156 #5956B1

analogous

#B18756 #AEB156 #81B156

triadic

#AEB156 #56AEB1 #B156AE

tetradic

#AEB156 #56B187 #5956B1 #B15681

square

#AEB156 #56B187 #5956B1 #B15681

split-complementary

#AEB156 #5681B1 #8756B1

monochromatic

#5E602C #888A40 #AEB156 #C2C480 #D6D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB156

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB156	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c888',
    500: '#aeb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb156;
$custom-light: #c8c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.978,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB156

secondary

#9F9DC5

accent

#5BCD5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB156

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

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