#AEB277#AEB277

#AEB277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.079 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB277
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(64, 28%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 33%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 33.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -10.84, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 31.66, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.029 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.079 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7059, 42.1719, 23.6555)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB277 #7B77B2

analogous

#B29877 #AEB277 #90B277

triadic

#AEB277 #77AEB2 #B277AE

tetradic

#AEB277 #77B298 #7B77B2 #B27790

square

#AEB277 #77B298 #7B77B2 #B27790

split-complementary

#AEB277 #7790B2 #9877B2

monochromatic

#6C6F3F #929755 #AEB277 #C5C89E #DDDEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AEB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB277

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB277	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.079 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c99f',
    500: '#aeb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb277;
$custom-light: #c7c99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 27.7,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.07923,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB277

secondary

#B8B7CE

accent

#64C46A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB277

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

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