#AEB255#AEB255

#AEB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB255
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -14.50, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 48.65, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0422 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.117 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0164, 41.4961, 14.7575)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB255 #5955B2

analogous

#B28855 #AEB255 #80B255

triadic

#AEB255 #55AEB2 #B255AE

tetradic

#AEB255 #55B288 #5955B2 #B25580

square

#AEB255 #55B288 #5955B2 #B25580

split-complementary

#AEB255 #5580B2 #8855B2

monochromatic

#5E612C #888B3F #AEB255 #C2C57F #D6D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AEB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB255

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB255	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c887',
    500: '#aeb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb255;
$custom-light: #c8c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.581,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74085,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB255

secondary

#9F9DC6

accent

#5ACE5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB255

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

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