#AEB265#AEB265

#AEB265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB265
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 43%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 43.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -12.95, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 40.86, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0362 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.1 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7254, 41.7797, 18.4917)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB265 #6965B2

analogous

#B29065 #AEB265 #88B265

triadic

#AEB265 #65AEB2 #B265AE

tetradic

#AEB265 #65B290 #6965B2 #B26588

square

#AEB265 #65B290 #6965B2 #B26588

split-complementary

#AEB265 #6588B2 #9065B2

monochromatic

#666834 #8D9149 #AEB265 #C3C68E #D9DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEB265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AEB265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB265

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB265	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c892',
    500: '#aeb265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb265;
$custom-light: #c7c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB265

secondary

#ABA9CA

accent

#5EC964

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F1

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB265

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

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