#AEB259#AEB259

#AEB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB259
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -14.14, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 46.75, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0408 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.113 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1798, 41.5614, 15.6182)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB259 #5D59B2

analogous

#B28A59 #AEB259 #81B259

triadic

#AEB259 #59AEB2 #B259AE

tetradic

#AEB259 #59B28A #5D59B2 #B25981

square

#AEB259 #59B28A #5D59B2 #B25981

split-complementary

#AEB259 #5981B2 #8A59B2

monochromatic

#60632E #898D41 #AEB259 #C2C583 #D7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AEB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB259

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB259	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)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c88a',
    500: '#aeb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb259;
$custom-light: #c8c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.697,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB259

secondary

#A2A0C7

accent

#5BCD60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB259

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

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