#AEB159#AEB159

#AEB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB159
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -13.63, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 46.28, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0393 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.112 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9816, 41.1650, 15.5521)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB159 #5C59B1

analogous

#B18859 #AEB159 #82B159

triadic

#AEB159 #59AEB1 #B159AE

tetradic

#AEB159 #59B188 #5C59B1 #B15982

square

#AEB159 #59B188 #5C59B1 #B15982

split-complementary

#AEB159 #5982B1 #8859B1

monochromatic

#60622E #898B41 #AEB159 #C2C583 #D7D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB159

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB159	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c88a',
    500: '#aeb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb159;
$custom-light: #c8c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.045,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73915,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB159

secondary

#A1A0C6

accent

#5CCC60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB159

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

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