#AEB281#AEB281

#AEB281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.067 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB281
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(65, 24%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 28%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 27.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -9.51, 24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 26.42, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0248 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.067 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3384, 42.4248, 26.9864)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB281 #8581B2

analogous

#B29D81 #AEB281 #95B281

triadic

#AEB281 #81AEB2 #B281AE

tetradic

#AEB281 #81B29D #8581B2 #B28195

square

#AEB281 #81B29D #8581B2 #B28195

split-complementary

#AEB281 #8195B2 #9D81B2

monochromatic

#6F7346 #94995D #AEB281 #C6C9A7 #DFE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#AEB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB281

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB281	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.067 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9a6',
    500: '#aeb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb281;
$custom-light: #c6c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.06672,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB281

secondary

#C0BED1

accent

#43A34B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB281

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

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