#AEB257#AEB257

#AEB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB257
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -14.32, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 47.71, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0415 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.115 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0970, 41.5283, 15.1819)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB257 #5B57B2

analogous

#B28857 #AEB257 #81B257

triadic

#AEB257 #57AEB2 #B257AE

tetradic

#AEB257 #57B288 #5B57B2 #B25781

square

#AEB257 #57B288 #5B57B2 #B25781

split-complementary

#AEB257 #5781B2 #8857B2

monochromatic

#5F622D #888C40 #AEB257 #C2C581 #D6D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AEB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB257

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB257	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c889',
    500: '#aeb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb257;
$custom-light: #c8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.637,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB257

secondary

#A09EC6

accent

#5BCD60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB257

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

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