#AEB178#AEB178

#AEB178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.077 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB178
RGB	rgb(174, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 32.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -10.19, 28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 30.63, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0271 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.077 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5680, 41.7995, 23.9074)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB178 #7B78B1

analogous

#B19778 #AEB178 #91B178

triadic

#AEB178 #78AEB1 #B178AE

tetradic

#AEB178 #78B197 #7B78B1 #B17891

square

#AEB178 #78B197 #7B78B1 #B17891

split-complementary

#AEB178 #7891B1 #9778B1

monochromatic

#6C6F40 #929556 #AEB178 #C5C79F #DDDEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AEB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB178

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB178	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.077 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c89f',
    500: '#aeb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb178;
$custom-light: #c7c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7441,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB178

secondary

#B8B7CE

accent

#65C36A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB178

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

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