#AEB256#AEB256

#AEB256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.116 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB256
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -14.41, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 48.18, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0419 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.116 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0564, 41.5121, 14.9682)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB256 #5A56B2

analogous

#B28856 #AEB256 #80B256

triadic

#AEB256 #56AEB2 #B256AE

tetradic

#AEB256 #56B288 #5A56B2 #B25680

square

#AEB256 #56B288 #5A56B2 #B25680

split-complementary

#AEB256 #5680B2 #8856B2

monochromatic

#5F612C #888B3F #AEB256 #C2C580 #D6D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AEB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB256

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB256	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)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.116 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c888',
    500: '#aeb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb256;
$custom-light: #c8c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74097,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB256

secondary

#9F9EC6

accent

#5ACD5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB256

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

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