#AEB172#AEB172

#AEB172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.084 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB172
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -10.94, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 33.75, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0295 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.084 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2152, 41.6584, 22.0494)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB172 #7572B1

analogous

#B19572 #AEB172 #8FB172

triadic

#AEB172 #72AEB1 #B172AE

tetradic

#AEB172 #72B195 #7572B1 #B1728F

square

#AEB172 #72B195 #7572B1 #B1728F

split-complementary

#AEB172 #728FB1 #9572B1

monochromatic

#6A6D3C #919452 #AEB172 #C5C799 #DBDDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#AEB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB172

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB172	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.084 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c89b',
    500: '#aeb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb172;
$custom-light: #c7c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.08398,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB172

secondary

#B4B3CC

accent

#63C567

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB172

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

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