#AEB253#AEB253

#AEB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB253
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -14.68, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 49.59, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0429 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.119 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9381, 41.4647, 14.3450)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB253 #5753B2

analogous

#B28653 #AEB253 #7EB253

triadic

#AEB253 #53AEB2 #B253AE

tetradic

#AEB253 #53B286 #5753B2 #B2537E

square

#AEB253 #53B286 #5753B2 #B2537E

split-complementary

#AEB253 #537EB2 #8653B2

monochromatic

#5E602B #878A3E #AEB253 #C2C57D #D6D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB253

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB253	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c886',
    500: '#aeb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb253;
$custom-light: #c8c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.526,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB253

secondary

#9D9BC5

accent

#5ACE5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB253

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

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